Hello Chunky Rice

Finally some of my books arrived! Woo Hoo!
finished reading Good-bye, Chunky Rice - by Craig Thompson, Clumsy, Unlikely and Every Girl Is The End Of The World For Me - by Jeffrey Brown. All in one day!
Unlike many other type of graphic novel/comic/manga I read before, these stories are much more personal, being biographic they are funny and genuinely touching in turn, affecting meditations upon love, friendship, loneliness, and loss. many were experiences from the author.

The one that touched me most was Good-bye, Chunky Rice, the story about a anthropomorphic turtle who follows his urge to move on, leaving behind lovesick Dandele, a bug-eyed mouse, and a dreamy longshoreman. Chunky books passage on a barely seaworthy craft piloted by a shady skipper. Conjoined twins Ruth and Livonia are also on board. Back on shore, Dandele sends bottled missives out to sea and the longshoreman's injured pet bird, Merle, heals and regains flight. Thompson presents this bittersweet and engaging story in black-and-white panels that flow and tip into one another, giving the story motion that is reminiscent of the ocean against Chunky's boat and at Dandele's feet. The narrative intersperses past and present so that each character's motives become clear. Solid storytelling is expanded by the images, resulting in a fully realized literary work. The sea captain's posturing is fittingly retrograde and the twins are, by turns, self-exploitive and just plain folks. Chunky, Dandele, the longshoreman, and Merle, however, are unremitting winners.