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A Question I Was Asked
Dream journal.
5 pages, Unknown Binding
Published January 1, 2011
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About the author
E.M. Carroll
54 books2,331 followersE.M. Carroll was born in June 1983 in London, Ontario. They started making comics in 2010 and their horror comic "His Face All Red" went viral at Hallowe'en 2010.
Since then, E.M. has published several books, created comics for anthologies, and provided illustrations for other works. E.M. has won several awards, including an Ignatz and two Eisners. They are married to fellow Canadian artist, Kate Craig.
Emily's work now uses the initials E.M. Carroll. Visit their growing exhibits at EMCarroll.com.
Since then, E.M. has published several books, created comics for anthologies, and provided illustrations for other works. E.M. has won several awards, including an Ignatz and two Eisners. They are married to fellow Canadian artist, Kate Craig.
Emily's work now uses the initials E.M. Carroll. Visit their growing exhibits at EMCarroll.com.
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Displaying 1 - 14 of 14 reviews
May 15, 2022
Whatever gets us reading outside our usual tastes is a perspective freshening gift. I admired the talent and originality of this popular artiste instantly and her eclectic catalogue. Producing graphic comics for free since 2010, Emily Carroll’s pieces must number in the thirties. I listed her titles and slowly absorb her work chronologically, thrice annually, to single out her unique style and enjoy each foray, with my palate cleansed and ready for a little bit of surreal moodiness.
“A Question I Was Asked” from 2011 is a dream fragment that Emily left as it arrived and did not fashion into a complete short story. Maybe there is a message I will derive upon rereading it, whence I often glean a keener clarity. In a scale that does not give us ten stars, the incompleteness does not go high but the beauty of the artwork seizes upon three stars are the absolute minimum, in balance. I love the idea of using dreams as story pieces, even if I have wondered if doing it myself would be cheating. I like the satisfaction of consciously moulding my thoughts into solid actions and characters.
Emily frequently achieves memorable, lasting personages in very emotional events. Sharing her resulting dream journal, which she draws vividly by hand, are moody interludes for us to ponder along with her, in between her larger narrations. I want this artiste to know we are on dial-up internet; opening her portraits on our screen slowly and atmospherically.
On second reading, I have not absorbed the crux yet. Emily always stirs up majestic elegance, using cloth bookmarks as banners herein, even in strokes made with economy. Floating curtains, marrying an academic nun, expecting children.... are lovely images. We leave off wondering how a cleric might feel about hearing a demoness fly by.
http://emcarroll.com/comics/dreams/ma...
“A Question I Was Asked” from 2011 is a dream fragment that Emily left as it arrived and did not fashion into a complete short story. Maybe there is a message I will derive upon rereading it, whence I often glean a keener clarity. In a scale that does not give us ten stars, the incompleteness does not go high but the beauty of the artwork seizes upon three stars are the absolute minimum, in balance. I love the idea of using dreams as story pieces, even if I have wondered if doing it myself would be cheating. I like the satisfaction of consciously moulding my thoughts into solid actions and characters.
Emily frequently achieves memorable, lasting personages in very emotional events. Sharing her resulting dream journal, which she draws vividly by hand, are moody interludes for us to ponder along with her, in between her larger narrations. I want this artiste to know we are on dial-up internet; opening her portraits on our screen slowly and atmospherically.
On second reading, I have not absorbed the crux yet. Emily always stirs up majestic elegance, using cloth bookmarks as banners herein, even in strokes made with economy. Floating curtains, marrying an academic nun, expecting children.... are lovely images. We leave off wondering how a cleric might feel about hearing a demoness fly by.
http://emcarroll.com/comics/dreams/ma...
June 28, 2019
Don’t get it.
December 4, 2019
A miss again! Shit.
November 18, 2021
Not much here. Did I miss something or is it just a bit empty! The quality of those comic kind of decrease as I go back in time in her works. Which is normal since it's her early writing, so as much as I find them of a lower quality, it is still fun to read them, to see where she came from and how her style evolve through the years.
February 13, 2019
Yet another dream journal of Carroll's in an illustrated/comic-ish format.
October 16, 2016
i dont know how to rate this one i didnt even understand it.
June 20, 2020
I really like the way the artwork was used to tell this story. It felt like it ended abruptly, but don't all our strangest dreams?
May 23, 2023
Again another one I'm not too fond of. I think what I've been reading recently is Carroll's earlier works so it makes sense they got better as the years went on.
This one I think could have been great if it had more substance. Art was gorgeous as always though!
This one I think could have been great if it had more substance. Art was gorgeous as always though!
March 7, 2020
2.5 stars
July 12, 2020
Oh so creepy, so beautiful
May 17, 2022
Interesting, but too short to be satisfying. 2 stars for brevity
Emetophobic safe ✔
Emetophobic safe ✔
August 22, 2023
Really short, nothing really to it.
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March 25, 2024Mislim da nisam stručna da ovo ocenim
February 14, 2017
A lovely, yet creepy dream.
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