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Helem
A surrealist journey through alienation, lost dreams, and self-redemption.
A woman loses her sister to suicide and struggles with the overwhelming and confusing feelings that continue to plague her. A man reflects on a decade spent working in a call centre and the strange day-to-day momentum that caused him to unconsciously abandon his goals. Helem relies on a propulsive graphic narrative and evocative illustration to tell the intensely personal stories of two characters at a crossroads.
The nearly wordless stories contained in Helem, originally published by TRIP as Agalma and Sequences, delve deep into the internal lives of their characters. Helem, created while Wany was in a hallucinatory state brought on by a severe lack of sleep, also provides an intimate look into his own personal dreamscape.
A woman loses her sister to suicide and struggles with the overwhelming and confusing feelings that continue to plague her. A man reflects on a decade spent working in a call centre and the strange day-to-day momentum that caused him to unconsciously abandon his goals. Helem relies on a propulsive graphic narrative and evocative illustration to tell the intensely personal stories of two characters at a crossroads.
The nearly wordless stories contained in Helem, originally published by TRIP as Agalma and Sequences, delve deep into the internal lives of their characters. Helem, created while Wany was in a hallucinatory state brought on by a severe lack of sleep, also provides an intimate look into his own personal dreamscape.
- GenresGraphic Novels
240 pages, Paperback
Published September 1, 2021
22 people want to read
About the author
Stanley Wany
7 booksStanley Wany is a Canadian painter, illustrator and cartoonist based in Montréal.
Born to a family of African immigrants, Wany studied engineering at university, later shifting his focus to the visual arts. His paintings have been exhibited in Canada, US, France, Portugal, Finland and Australia.
Wany's work in comics often dives into visual experimentation and the exploration of the subconscious. He has also founded two small independent publishers, Trip Comix and Argle Bargle Books.
Born to a family of African immigrants, Wany studied engineering at university, later shifting his focus to the visual arts. His paintings have been exhibited in Canada, US, France, Portugal, Finland and Australia.
Wany's work in comics often dives into visual experimentation and the exploration of the subconscious. He has also founded two small independent publishers, Trip Comix and Argle Bargle Books.
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March 10, 2022
Always hard to review something more experimental as Helem is. It's basically a sequence of images and it's up to the reader to find connections and associations. The images are subtle and detailed, and do arouse all kinds of fantasies and thoughts, and sometimes are moving.
Not for everyone, but rich in imagery for those that take the time to read it.
(Picked up a review copy through Edelweiss)
Not for everyone, but rich in imagery for those that take the time to read it.
(Picked up a review copy through Edelweiss)
February 13, 2023
In all honesty, I wasn't able to get the story until I read the back of the book, although I liked the art. I went through the pages with no special feeling because I found the story to be rather vague.
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