The Underwater Welder
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| Rating | : | 4.63 (829 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1603090746 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 224 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-04-09 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
He feels compelled to be “down there”—his salvager father’s term for being in deep water—especially now, on Halloween, the day his dad disappeared more than 20 years earlier. On the first dive of his shift, however, Jack sees something and loses consciousness. In an introductory note, TV producer Damon Lindelof (LOST) enthuses that The Underwater Welder is like a terrific Twilight Zone episode, but that’s just the half of it. --Ray Olson . From Booklist Though his and Susan’s first baby is due within the month, Jack Joseph opts for another two weeks away at his welding job on the oil rig offshore from his Nova Scotia hometown. This time, he gets unstuck in time before, during, and, most portentously, after the dive. After being hauled out and dry-docked, he insists on going back, surreptitiously. Lemire combines his characteristic sketchy line work, deftly deployed small areas of pure black, plenty of moody watercolor shading (particular
and I actually kind of liked the style of the artwork The characters were well developed, and I actually kind of liked the style of the artwork, but the story left me wanting a little bit more. There didn't seem to be enough of a climax, and I wanted to feel more of a sense of resolution and emotion at the end (though I know this isn't always the author's intent).. ""but if you're scared, just take my hand"" according to Sam Quixote. Jack Joseph has a wife with a baby on the way and a job welding pipes underwater for an oil rig off the coast of Nova Scotia in the small town he grew up in. Things should be great - good job, happy family - but Jack's haunted by the disappearance of his father 20 years ago who went diving one night during Hallowe'en and never returned. His dreams have seeped over from the night into the daytime and under the sea, welding pipes, he begins to see and hear things from . Best thing about the book is its haunted, isolated vibe Solid graphic novel about an underwater welder on an oil rig who has a pregnant girlfriend and is still trying to deal with his alcoholic father’s death when he (the welder) was a boy. The best thing about the book is its haunted, isolated vibe. Isolation is practically its own character, and it makes you feel like the character is always under water even when he isn’t. Grade: B+
Jack has a strange and mind-bending encounter that will change the course of his life forever!Equal parts blue-collar character study and mind-bending science fiction epic, The Underwater Welder explores fathers and sons, birth and death, memory and truth, and the treasures we all bury deep down inside.. As an underwater welder on an oilrig off the coast of Nova Scotia, Jack Joseph is used to the immense pressures of deep-sea work. But then, something happens deep on the ocean floor. As Jack dives deeper and deeper, he seems to pull further and further away from his young wife and their unborn son. “It's a striking evocation of the Canadian Maritimes, and a moving meditation on what haunts us and how we struggle to keep those specters at bay.” - New York TimesPressure. Nothing, however, could prepare him for the pressures of impending fatherhood