This is a very honset story about a romantic relationship start to finish. The back sleave reads, "Clumsy was drawn between April 20 and July 14 of 2001 and depicts events that occurred between July 3, 2000 and June 27, 2001." Having this little bit of information makes the story so much better.It is incredibly cute, and easy to relate to if you've ever been in any sort of romantic relationship. Everything is covered, every little embarassing story, as if this story was taken from a journal, or from sketches taken during the relationship.
The two characters live in seperate states and the graphic novel is mainly set when tey are together at each other's homes on visits, but some of the small sketches are done over the phone.
I have nothing really horrible to say for the graphic novel, I thought it was fabulous, however the drawing was very sketchy, very unpolished. Now I've thought that maybe because it is called, "Clumsy," that it is okay for the drawings to be lazy. Then sometimes I really see the art in the characters body shapes, and yet other times I'm just frusterated, because I can't read the font, or really understand what the character is doing.
However, it is still worth reading if you are a graphic novel fan.
8/10
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