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Incognito

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I would like to thank NetGalley, the author, and the publisher for providing me with a copy of this ebook.

Incognito is a weird book about this guy who thinks no one notices him and cripple and his sister. Unfortunately, nothing appealed to me.

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Three terrible people meet, and bad things happen is the basic synopsis of this story. We have Jean-Pierre who is sick of being "invisible" so he decides to commit a crime and ends up breaking his ankle trying to shimmy up a drainpipe to break into someone's house. Then he meets Berenice, who is a physical therapist who is also completely spinless and in a VERY gross, disturbing abusive relationship with her BROTHER Ambrose, who I legit thought was her shitty abusive husband until he specifically called her his sister because MAN is this relationship all kinds of wrong. There is not one redeeming thing about any of the characters in this story. Skip it.

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'Incognito 1: Perfect Victims' with story and art by Gregory Mardon is a graphic novel about a guy who thinks he's invisible.

A man has come to believe that he has become invisible based on the reactions of others, and feels victimized. One night he gets drunk, and while walking home, he gets injured. During recovery, he meets a woman he is attracted to, and finds out she is a physical therapist. During the course of their relationship, he finds out that she is a victim, too.

It's an odd story. I was interested enough to keep reading, but I didn't really like where the story went. I did kind of like the garish art style.

I received a review copy of this graphic novel from Europe Comics and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.

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A Volume One that's had that status since first being published in French in 2005 – and never received a Volume Two. You could argue that this does reach a satisfying open ending, however, although it would have been wonderful to know what plans our creator had for his leads. Our hero is a bit of a sad sack – he's a regular Schmoe and thinks he's practically invisible – which leads to embarrassing situations when he daydreams he is literally see-through and undetectable. Breaking his leg one night he falls for the physical therapist, with her curves and pendulous bazoomas – but wait, what's this? Who's that man she's going home to each night after work?

This has a great way in portraying the slightly surreal, and the mundane argument over the kitchen sink, equally. The most heightened scene, when it comes, is great, and shows angst, feelings of inferiority and so much more really vividly. Both times the snap back from the fantasy to reality is a clever, fun one. I'll admit that early on I wasn't quite sure where this was going, and not in a good way, but I soon got on board with its singular wavelength, and it has to go down as a fun, mature little divertimento. And the lack of follow-on books as really quite regrettable.

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A book about 2 men with weird proclivities and the woman in both of their lives. There wasn't much to like in this. The characters are all unlikable and selfish.

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Found little redeeming value in 'Incognito'. It's the story of two men with untreated hangups and the one woman who connects both of them ... but all characters feel dated and regressive.

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I have read one more book by Gregory mordon which was , object lessons and I liked it.
This book is little different.
It is a weired story about a disabled paranoid man , his sister and a simple man.
I liked artwork and use of backgrounds and shades.
But story is not according to common logic and gives feeling of horror and dark shades at many points.
You cannot judge it and can simply read it and observe it's weiredness.
Read it only if you read weired tales.
Thanks netgalley and publisher for review.

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I was not impressed. I found it too simple and annoying. Not a book for me. The characters were very one dementional and left me feeling empty and wanting.

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Ok... This was weird. BUT, a good type of weird, my type of weird.
I was so shocked when he said she was his sister... goddamn I thought they were a couple but somehow they being related made the way he treated her worst in every way lol.

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This was rather weird. It is a dark tale about a man who thinks he is invisible and he takes a foolish risk and gets hurt. As a result of his injury he meets a lady who is a physical therapist. She also has a dark life and lives with a controlling verbally abusive brother.

The two of them go for a date and things get darker from then on. This is only part one of the story and so it is not easy to figure out what it is truly about. I wasn't a great fan of the artwork either because it was too dark for me. The artwork complements the story though.

Copy provided by Europe Comics in exchange for an unbiased review.

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An interesting enough graphic novel that is a bit weird at parts. I think you need to see beyond the actual events (i.e. the man isn't actually invisible I think?) and see what they represent in terms of how the characters feel about themselves.

I felt bad for the female character as her brother is so controlling and she seems very unhappy.
I didn't get invested in any of the other characters though.

Nice enough illustrative style - clean, colourful and uncluttered.

Thanks to Netgalley and Europe Comics for the chance to read this ARC.

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The story of a man who finds himself so bland that he vanishes and his physiotherapist.
The story didn't really twist but the art was good.

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Incognito Script and art by Grégory Mardon was a very graphic ok novel. It's set in Paris it was interesting but then I lost interest half way through as I found it dragged on and on.....Sorry.

Thank you to Netgalley for letting me read and review Incognito

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This was a very random graphic novel. I like how it showed both sides of the story from the perspective of the main character invisible man and Berenice. Both sides suffered from some sort of trauma and abuse which dictated their present actions. It was interesting to see the flashback of the invisible man as a child and his mother which transferred to how he viewed women in the present day and how his interactions with Berenice mirrored that of his memories with his mother. Overall this was a very dark graphic novel which I found a bit confusing at times but I feel like this would be a great book for an English class to dissect and discuss.

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Almost a modern parable on relationships. Identifying people who do things, take a lead as opposed to those who feel insignificant and things beyond their control happen to them.
Jean-Pierre almost feels he’s invisible and goes through life unnoticed without leaving anything to mark his actual existence.
When he tries to be bolder and make an impression he is left injured and hospitalised. In the process he meets a physiotherapist, Berenice who he feels an immediate connection to and some physical attraction. The author and creative talent behind this comic book then explores the social dynamics of marriage, sibling responsibility and tentative courtship. Where love is not always expressed with flowers, motives can be blurred and self-preservation may require drastic measures.
I enjoyed this graphic novel that uses illustrated hyperbole to make a pictorial representation of these controlling issues within human interactions.
The setting is Paris; the city of love but a less idealised emotion is expressed here to thrill and entertain the reader in this darker story.

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