This graphic novel sounded very promising based on its plot, but it didn’t work for me. The story was all over the place and too strange. I didn’t love the art style either and reading the font took more effort than it should have.
I won’t read the sequels.

This sounded like a great read. And yes, it is a cool, imaginative story about historical events, in this case about how the brain of Albert Einstein was stolen by Dr. Thomas Harvey.
Unfortunately the book didn’t really work for me. I had massive issues with the font which took away a lot of reading pleasure. In addition, I had the feeling that the entire story could have been fleshed out better. Instead, it was unfortunately a bit on the boring side.

I couldn't really read this well as the font hurt my eyes. It was very difficult for me to follow the story because of the font and the way it was laid out.

Wild (based on real life incidents) story that is both irreverent but also incredibly self absorbed and makes complete sense in the context of a doctor who performs autopsies and steals Einstein's brain to impress a girl who's not his wife. If I can look past the casual sexism of men in STEM (not just a book problem, a most real one also) the book is pretty good. Would love to get my hands on part 2.

Thanks NetGalley for providing me with the eARC to Brain Drain :)

No one knows when exactly precisely Professor Albert passed away. People are eager to know what has reduced the greatest genius in the history of humanity to his final fate.
Dr. Thomas Stolz should do the autopsy, reports the cause of death, the rupture of an aneurysm in the abdominal aorta.
Stolz suddenly figures out his life could change with a brain of such stature in his hand. He stole the brain in order worst noble motivation to seduce a woman. A neurologist woman who, not impressed. Instead, He stuck in a run and chase with the FBI, this property belongs to the government that never should get to it.

I am looking forward to the next volume, curious about what will be happened.

Thanks to Netgalley, I have given an honest review of Brain Drain (part 1) by Script and Art by Pierre-Henry Gomont.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

2.5 stars

An imaginative relating version of how Albert Einstein's brain was stolen by Dr. Thomas Harvey. It was a so so read for me, I wanted to enjoy it more but it felt kind of flat. The author didn't made me feel in need of knowing what's going to happen next, it was totally dull.

It was really funny and nice, the artwork really suits the way the story is written. What I did not like, that it had sometimes more text bubbles than the bottle of Coke lemonade. But overall, I like that and I am really looking forward to the second part.

Interesting take on what happened to Einstein’s brain. This was a quick read and had some interesting aspects to it. I’d like to research more and find out the whole story because the topic is interesting.

Someone is dragging Dr Stolz away from his snogging session in a department of the hospital he should be working in. Two people, really – one of them is the very dead Albert Einstein, and the other the hospital director demanding it be known that natural causes was what saw the brainbox off. But it's what our pathologist Stolz does with the actual contents of that brainbox that is the focus of this black humour-tinged historical drama.

So it's a little disappointing that other things get in the way of its enjoyment. The hand-styled lettering is really awkward to get used to at first, as is the over-dominance of sound FX cues – and as is the whole design and colouring, as well, if I'm honest. This doesn't have your routine graphic novel look at all. To get to the story, some bits were fine – the real-life example of the brain snatcher, that some people may not have known about, with its jokey way of presenting Stolz as an Indiana Jones of the path labs, smuggling a gem through the jungle. Some bits after that again took a little too long to sit really well with me. But when we see the fall-out from the whole mad-cap decision, with this abundance of clever visual metaphors, we can finally see this for what it is – a very individualistic look at a true footnote of history. I think four stars from me is about right, but if you manage to get on board with the free-and-easy style before I did then you'd rate it higher.

It seems fitting that a graphic novel would give rise to comic genius.
In Brain Drain - part 1, Europe Comics have produced an inspired story loosely based on the missing brain following Albert Einstein’s post-mortem. Pierre-Henry Gomont has form but this is my favourite work of his to date.
Being both the creative force and the illustrator he has allowed his skills to dovetail together beautifully. So it matters little, what came first, the words or the gloriously funny drawings?
This is a laugh out loud read which looks at a serious subject but then reveals humour in moments of high drama.
Hounded in life as an almost lab specimen it seems the Professor wanted to just quietly slip away and avoiding further invasive research into his talent and IQ.
What scientist however would pass up the chance to study this man’s brain to gauge what made him so remarkable.
I just loved the various sound effects and the lack of backbone Dr Thomas Stolz had initially to realise his potential. He seems at the mercy of others and an unhappy felon.
He grows in this story as though his association with taking ownership of Einstein’s brain rubs off on him.
Thoroughly enjoyed this brief escape from reality but like any good writing it points the reader to wanting to learn more and question aspects of research and science.