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Psychotique
C'est sous le crayon de Sylvain Dorange que Jacques Mathis conte sa propre histoire, celle d'un homme mégalomane coincé dans un corps étriqué en comparaison de ses idées. Son enfance, passée dans une petite bourgade lugubre de Lorraine, s'est arrêté à 14 ans, l'année où il fait sa première vraie crise. Et puis les femmes, l'adolescence, le théâtre, la littérature ont eu raison de ses doutes.
Jacques Mathis nous livre avec Psychotique un témoignage touchant et sincère de son quotidien, depuis la découverte de sa pathologie en passant par ses multiples passages en hôpitaux psychiatriques, ses séances chez la psy, ses hauts et ses bas.
Jacques Mathis nous livre avec Psychotique un témoignage touchant et sincère de son quotidien, depuis la découverte de sa pathologie en passant par ses multiples passages en hôpitaux psychiatriques, ses séances chez la psy, ses hauts et ses bas.
- GenresBande Dessinée
144 pages, Hardcover
Published April 3, 2019
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June 21, 2023
4.66* (critique en français sur demande ;))
Powerful story of one man's experience with mental illness and hospitalization. It was so engaging, both narratively and visually and the author/illustrator combo was a match made in heaven. I really felt like I was wandering the streets, riding the train with him and his shadows in the middle of an episode.
This is not a fun book (though I wouldn't say depressing or defeatist), and not easy either. I can usually read a graphic novel quickly (even in French) but this took a few days to handle. Some might find the disjointed timeline irritating but it seems quite relevant to the subject. Ditto for Jacques' personality: he's not the most likable person (his relationships/treatment of women leave something to be desired at best) but somehow that's secondary to the experience.
Not sure how I had the courage to read this with a loved one currently in psychiatric care, but what's interesting is that even though each person/their mental illness/ is unique, there are some universal experiences- other patient "types", the staff, the routine of the hospital.
The first 2/3 of this book were 5*++, but as we drew towards the end it lost a bit of steam. I just didn't care for the parts about writing the book, getting published, CNL financing etc. That being said, thank goodness for the publisher La Boîte à bulles and the CNL, because without them, this wouldn't have been published!
Powerful story of one man's experience with mental illness and hospitalization. It was so engaging, both narratively and visually and the author/illustrator combo was a match made in heaven. I really felt like I was wandering the streets, riding the train with him and his shadows in the middle of an episode.
This is not a fun book (though I wouldn't say depressing or defeatist), and not easy either. I can usually read a graphic novel quickly (even in French) but this took a few days to handle. Some might find the disjointed timeline irritating but it seems quite relevant to the subject. Ditto for Jacques' personality: he's not the most likable person (his relationships/treatment of women leave something to be desired at best) but somehow that's secondary to the experience.
Not sure how I had the courage to read this with a loved one currently in psychiatric care, but what's interesting is that even though each person/their mental illness/ is unique, there are some universal experiences- other patient "types", the staff, the routine of the hospital.
The first 2/3 of this book were 5*++, but as we drew towards the end it lost a bit of steam. I just didn't care for the parts about writing the book, getting published, CNL financing etc. That being said, thank goodness for the publisher La Boîte à bulles and the CNL, because without them, this wouldn't have been published!
July 30, 2024
J'ai trouvé que c'était une bonne BD. J'ai aimé les couleurs, les dessins et leur transparence. C'est intéressant de se plonger dans la tête de cet homme, de comprendre comment lui perçoit les choses.
Quelques moments, ou phrases, que j'ai par contre trouvées à la limite du sexisme...
Et j'ai décroché quelques fois.
Quelques moments, ou phrases, que j'ai par contre trouvées à la limite du sexisme...
Et j'ai décroché quelques fois.
September 4, 2025
Cool pour découvrir la psychose d’une manière abordable et non-académique.
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