The Globe 100: The books we loved in 2021
Globe and Mail | Margaret Cannon, Jeffrey Canton, Jade Colbert, Aruna Dutt, Judith Pereira, Sean Rogers, Alec Scott and Emily Donaldson | November 29, 2021
Fictional Father on the Globe 100 list
One of two graphic novels up for Governor-General’s Awards (the other, Michel Rabagliati’s Paul at Home, came out in late 2020), Ollmann’s latest is a typically acerbic character study. Portraying the aimless, alcoholic son of an aloof, philandering cartoonist, Ollmann blends jovial grotesquerie with a surprising generosity of spirit.