PositiveBooklist... weaves a delicate dance between memoir and popular science ... Visually, there is a strong reliance on the traditional nine-panel grid and some smart visual metaphors that combine comics and research visuals quite well (such as the triangle face studies). Nonfiction comics and science readers will be pleased to see footnotes and a complete bibliography.
Guy Delisle
RaveBooklist... a perceptive gaze into his younger self ... The cast of characters at this all-male workplace...will be instantly relatable to anyone who grew up in working-class or factory circles ... Delisle has a simplified drawing style, put to great effect here. Each character is distinct, and the factory is rendered so clearly it will remain in the reader’s mind long after they’ve set the comic aside. With smart use of a limited color palette, Factory Summers provides a personal history right alongside important lessons on work, climate, how we learn to navigate the world as a young adult, and, in the end, on the nature of family.
