Julie Delporte Trans. by Helge Dascher and Aleshia Jensen
PositiveHyperallergicSeems unassuming at first. It creeps up on you with its wistful tone, delicate colored pencil drawings, and reflections on the limitations of being a woman. Gradually, the tone becomes more potent and more personal ... she considers her own physicality, but in a way that’s far removed from the romanticizing or hypersexualizing tendencies of certain male artists ... The counterpoint to all of this is Delporte’s admiration of Tove Jansson, the creator of the Finnish cartoon characters Moomins...But Delporte spells out the appeal — possibly too much, as this doesn’t leave much space for readers to spot connections ... gets a charge about two thirds of the way through, when Delporte’s sadness is finally transmuted into anger.