Daytripper

Daytripper is a graphic novel written and illustrated by comic book artists Fábio Moon and Gabriel Bá. Originally published in 2010 as a comic book series by Vertigo, the collected series was published as a completed book in 2011. Daytripper won the 2011 Eisner Award for Best Limited Series. Bá has also worked on popular comic series such as Umbrella Academy and Casanova. Both Moon and Bá are twins, and they sometimes refer to themselves as the Brazilian “Wonder Twins.”

The book is written in a non-linear, fragmented, loose structure, with each chapter marking a different, vital moment or possibility in protagonist Brás de Oliva Domingos’s life. Daytripper employs elements of magical realism and a detailed, surreal illustration style, and nearly every chapter ends with a mini-obituary for Brás.

Plot Summary

The reader is first introduced to Brás at age 32, as he grapples with trying to live up to the shadow of his father, an acclaimed writer named Benedito de Oliva Domingos. Brás is an obituary writer at a newspaper but aspires to write novels. Flashing back to age 21, Brás travels the country with his best friend

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