Broken Frontier talks to Jamie S. Rich about his upcoming graphic novel, 12 Reasons Why I Love Her:

It’s actually a rather simple concept that yields, I think, wonderfully complex results. Basically, we have a couple, Gwen and Evan, and the graphic novel is the story of their relationship. It’s told in 12 chapters, or what we call “reasons.” Each reason is a small slice of their relationship, and it ranges from a straight retelling of an event like their first date to more abstract moments like Gwen talking about a dream. There is even a childhood flashback.

What hopefully makes 12 Reasons a little more unique than your average love story is that we’ve arranged the reasons in a seemingly random order. They don’t run in sequence of how they happen, but instead are put together in a way that will allow one reason to illuminate another in interesting ways. Hopefully, when you’ve absorbed all these things, you’ll understand these two people and why they are together.

There are some gorgeous preview pages at the link. If you live in Portland, Oregon, and would like to tell Mr. Rich that you appreciate the music of My Life Story as well, you can do so this Thursday:

In celebration of the release of his second novel, The Everlasting, Twenty-Third Avenue Books and Portland-based publisher Oni Press will be hosting a reading by author Jamie S. Rich. The event is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. on September 14. Admission is free.

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