- Paperback: 48 pages
- Publisher: Bedsit Press; 1st edition (1 July 2011)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0956738575
- ISBN-13: 978-0956738578
- Product Dimensions: 25.4 x 16.8 x 0.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,414,432 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The latest comic book from local illustrator and fanzine evangelist Stapleton follows his house style of biscuit-headed characters exchanging witty dialogue in everyday situations. Half Man Half Biscuit and Doctor Who references abound in this story of a socially inept CAMRA Mans courtship rituals. Co-writer Sharp, who works as a barmaid at real ale leisure hive the Evening Star, lends the book added authenticity were off down there now to spot which of her regulars each character is based on. --The Brighton Source
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The Blakes 7 convention in a disused out-of-town car showroom. The railway sidings on a windswept Sunday afternoon in February. The poorly subscribed, historically inaccurate and unsustainably pompous battle re-enactment society. The failing local football team with its dwindling, disillusioned fanbase and incompetent manager. Then back to the real ale pub for all its bearded, trivia loving, list ticking charm. They resemble salmon returning to the breeding ground, but without the potential for spawning. Until now.... Camra Sutra is a graphic novel all about love, hops and happiness with enough Doctor Who and Half Man Half Biscuit references to sate any budding cellar hopper. ""Will do for real ale what 'Trainspotting' did for Heroin"" - Knoxley Press Brewery
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Mild warning: for the first four or five pages you may feel you've somehow downloaded the wrong product. But the delicate drawings of figures from Greek mythology are soon displaced by the familiar half man half biscuit figures of Stapleton's usual style. The slightly disconcerting beginning is by way of a metaphor for and introduction to the themes of the story - the most obvious being the divide between the sexes and the difficulty of communication.
I confess the distinction between nerd and geek is blurred in my mind. John, our hero, is possibly a bit of both. Balding, bearded and beer-bellied (his stomach in particular is almost a character in its own right), he longs for female company and is reading the Camra Sutra, supposedly a guide to escaping singleton-land for real ale lovers. The book doesn't appear to help much; John is variously battered and bemused until, dumping the book, he accidentally encounters the woman of his dreams. A whirlwind romance ensues (charmingly captured by snapshots rather than a long-winded narrative) and...
But, as Cupid Stunt used to say, I'm telling you the plot. Suffice to say the story is engaging, with moments of humour, tenderness, embarrassment and shared enthusiasm. But another warning - you will need to be seriously into classic Doctor Who (and no, I'm not talking about the good 'old' days of David Tennant) to fully appreciate some of the exchanges between John and his lady love, Sally. (For the record, I think she's wrong; the programme more or less died a year earlier than is posited here, though the Nathan-Turner era does have its high points) There is geekery galore on display, from the songs quoted to the contents of John's DVD shelf, and a final twist that, not being a drinker, it took me a little effort to grasp.
I don't know how the co-writing of this book worked in practice, but the end result is a lot of fun. There are lovely little touches throughout (such as the way Sally uses the word 'beamed', and the subtle double meaning of 'I wasn't looking') and the attempt to pick up a woman at an auction is a minor classic of comic pathos.
Recommended.
I do have one major quibble, though - in regard to John's apparently exemplary DVD collection.
Tripods? Really..?
I confess the distinction between nerd and geek is blurred in my mind. John, our hero, is possibly a bit of both. Balding, bearded and beer-bellied (his stomach in particular is almost a character in its own right), he longs for female company and is reading the Camra Sutra, supposedly a guide to escaping singleton-land for real ale lovers. The book doesn't appear to help much; John is variously battered and bemused until, dumping the book, he accidentally encounters the woman of his dreams. A whirlwind romance ensues (charmingly captured by snapshots rather than a long-winded narrative) and...
But, as Cupid Stunt used to say, I'm telling you the plot. Suffice to say the story is engaging, with moments of humour, tenderness, embarrassment and shared enthusiasm. But another warning - you will need to be seriously into classic Doctor Who (and no, I'm not talking about the good 'old' days of David Tennant) to fully appreciate some of the exchanges between John and his lady love, Sally. (For the record, I think she's wrong; the programme more or less died a year earlier than is posited here, though the Nathan-Turner era does have its high points) There is geekery galore on display, from the songs quoted to the contents of John's DVD shelf, and a final twist that, not being a drinker, it took me a little effort to grasp.
I don't know how the co-writing of this book worked in practice, but the end result is a lot of fun. There are lovely little touches throughout (such as the way Sally uses the word 'beamed', and the subtle double meaning of 'I wasn't looking') and the attempt to pick up a woman at an auction is a minor classic of comic pathos.
Recommended.
I do have one major quibble, though - in regard to John's apparently exemplary DVD collection.
Tripods? Really..?
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