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For those of you who thought the comic strip was dead by the end of the twentieth century, here are 292 pieces of proof that you were wrong. Mark Beyer was breathing delirious, heartbreaking, otherworldly life into it by means of Amy and Jordan. Obviously, you weren’t reading New York Press.
But I sure was. Voraciously. Back in 1989, when I discovered that Beyer’s strips were appearing regularly in this new “alternative weekly” paper, I quickly became hooked, and a thought seized me: I had to clip and save them–they were exquisite poems of urban despair, dreamy and nightmarish. I was already a fan of Beyer’s talent based on his book Agony (Pantheon, 1988), but these new strips revealed, week by week, a whole new dimension to his work–an ingenious reinvention of panel-design that redefined what a comic strip could be. As with Peanuts, it helps to try and picture these in the context which they first appeared in order to appreciate just how profoundly they emerged from anything else on the newspaper page. Even the “outré” NYP ads and listings which often ran alongside them were hopelessly dull by comparison. One of its most impressive aspects was the way Form served the Content–no matter how eccentric the layout got, it somehow never confused the narrative. And what narrative: it was as if Candide had been transported to the East Village and split in two like an amoeba and holed up in a squat on Avenue C. Along with giant bugs from outer space.
So I did clip and save them, and put them into an envelope, which was then placed in a shoebox with a lot of other envelopes (receipts, receipts!), which was shoved to the back of the closet of my sixth-floor walk-up studio apartment, which I moved out of three years later and in the process I unwittingly threw them all away. Which frankly is just the sort of thing that Amy and Jordan would do. Drat. “Oh well,” I thought, once I’d realized it, “at some point someone will collect and publish them, and I’ll get them back that way.” And that was that.
Fast forward more than ten years, to the spring of 2002. During a panel of cartoonists I was chairing in Philadelphia, a member of the audience asked what Mark was working on and where he was. No one seemed to know. The discussion was transcribed and published in The Comics Journal that summer, and in the fall Mark contacted me with the best possible news: He’d read the panel transcript and wanted to publish again. And the Amy and Jordan strips had never been comprehensively collected. So now, as an editor, I was able to grant my own wish.
Amy and Jordan ran from 1988 through early 1996. After that, Beyer put cartooning aside to pursue other projects. This book signals his return to the realm of comics, which he says he wants to start making again. We can only hope he does. For now, I’m just thankful I finally have my Amy and Jordan collection back. –Chip Kidd, NYC, 10/03
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我必须得说，《Amy and Jordan》是一本真正意义上能够触及灵魂的书。它不像很多畅销书那样，追求表面的戏剧性，而是深入到人物的内心世界，去挖掘那些隐藏的情感和动机。Amy 和 Jordan 的故事，与其说是一段爱情，不如说是一次关于自我发现和成长的旅程。我看到了他们如何从迷茫走向坚定，如何从脆弱变得强大，如何在经历挫折后重新站起来。作者的笔触非常细腻，尤其是在描写人物的心理变化时，那种循序渐进，层层递进的过程，让我深感共鸣。有时候，我会觉得 Amy 或 Jordan 的某个选择，就像是我自己曾经的某个决定，那种内心的挣扎和不安，被精准地捕捉到了。这本书也让我对“理解”这个词有了更深的体会，不仅仅是理解他人，更重要的是理解自己。它是一本需要静下心来，慢慢品味的書，每一次阅读都会有新的发现。
评分《Amy and Jordan》这本书，用一种近乎残酷的真实，描绘了生活的多重面向。我被它所展现出的那种不完美的美深深打动。Amy 和 Jordan 并非完美的英雄，他们有着各自的缺点和过错，但正是这些不完美，让他们显得如此真实，如此 relatable。故事中充满了各种意想不到的转折，让我时刻保持着阅读的新鲜感，同时也为人物的命运而揪心。作者在情节设置上非常巧妙，总是能在一个看似平静的段落，埋下巨大的伏笔，然后在不经意间引爆。我尤其喜欢书中对社会议题的探讨，虽然没有直接说教，但通过人物的经历和选择，引发了读者对现实的思考。这本书让我意识到，生活从来都不是线性的，它充满了曲折和挑战，但即使在最黑暗的时刻，也总有一线希望存在。它是一本能够让人在阅读过程中不断反思，并且在读完后依然久久不能平静的书。
评分坦白说，刚开始读《Amy and Jordan》的时候，我以为这会是一部轻松的爱情故事。然而，随着情节的展开，我发现它远不止于此。作者巧妙地将人性深处的复杂情感、以及社会环境下个体所面临的困境融入其中，让整个故事呈现出一种深刻的现实主义色彩。Amy 和 Jordan 之间的关系，并非一帆风顺，他们经历了许多考验，这些考验不仅仅是外部的阻碍，更是他们内心深处的挣扎和成长。我特别欣赏作者在描写这些冲突时所展现出的冷静和客观，没有过度煽情，也没有刻意拔高，而是用一种近乎白描的手法，将人物内心的波澜展现在读者面前。每一次的对话都充满了张力，每一次的抉择都带着沉甸甸的分量。读到某些情节时，我甚至会停下来，反复思考，如果是我，又会如何选择？这本书让我重新审视了人与人之间的关系，以及在命运面前，我们所能做的和不能做的。它不是那种读完就忘的书，它会在你心里留下深深的印记，引发你持续的思考。
评分这本《Amy and Jordan》我真是太喜欢了！拿到书的那一刻，就被它简洁而又充满故事感的封面吸引住了。翻开第一页，我立刻被作者的文字魅力征服了。那种细腻入微的描绘，仿佛把我带入了另一个时空，亲身经历着书中的一切。我能感受到 Amy 的每一个呼吸， Jordan 的每一次心跳，他们的喜怒哀乐都真实得触动人心。作者在人物塑造上真是下了大功夫， Amy 的坚韧与脆弱， Jordan 的深情与无奈，每一个角色都立体饱满，仿佛就是我身边的朋友，我甚至能想象出他们的样子，听到他们的声音。整个故事的推进节奏把握得恰到好处，有让人屏息凝盼的悬念，也有温情脉脉的瞬间，让我一口气读完，却又意犹未尽，回味无穷。每一次合上书页，脑海里都会浮现出那些难忘的场景和人物，他们的故事还在我心里继续上演。我真的迫不及待地想和所有人分享这本书，它不仅仅是一本小说，更像是一次心灵的洗礼，让我对生活有了更深的理解和感悟。
评分Wow，这本《Amy and Jordan》绝对是我今年读过的最令人惊喜的一本书！我很少会为一个故事而如此着迷，但它做到了。从一开始，我就被作者那种独特的叙事风格深深吸引。语言的运用非常考究，既有诗意的美感，又不失口语化的自然流畅。我常常会被一些奇妙的比喻和精妙的句子逗乐，又会在某些段落感动得热泪盈眶。Amy 和 Jordan 的世界，就是这样一个充满了色彩和情感的奇妙空间。我尤其喜欢作者对细节的刻画，每一个场景都栩栩如生，仿佛我能闻到咖啡的香气，感受到微风拂过脸颊。他们之间的互动，那种默契，那种欲说还休，那种微妙的情感变化，都被描绘得淋漓尽致。我感觉自己就像一个隐形的观察者，静静地看着他们的故事发生，分享着他们的每一个瞬间。这本书让我再次相信了爱情的力量，也让我看到了生活中那些闪闪发光的小确幸。
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