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Craig Thompson: Carnet De Voyage (Travel Journal) (2004, Top Shelf Productions) 4 stars

Illustrated travelogue and record of a cartoonists neurosis

4 stars

A cartoonist sketching his way through a tour of Europe to promote his graphic novel, with a stop over in Morocco. Many portraits and slices of life from his various encounters. I appreciated his honesty about his own struggles while traveling, from feeling ill from his diet change to being neurotic about feeling ill, from being wary of being scammed to playing along with the scam because it might lead to an invitation to a family home that will be an interesting experience and good fodder for his travelogue. Enjoyable read but made me nostalgic for traveling to new places and wandering around them, and a bit sad thinking about how long it will be until I get to do it again.