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Two Brits Achieve Artistic Balance In 'Valerie's Head'

Author David Gaffney and illustrator Dan Berry bring just the right amount of nuttiness to their new graphic novel, about a woman who keeps the memories of disappointing exes in a cellar in her mind.
"Three Rooms in Valerie's Head" by David Gaffney and Dan Berry

It's a match made not in heaven, but the cellar: David Gaffney's tale of lonely Valerie, who preserves the memories of her disappointing exes in a cellar in her mind, would intrigue any illustrator. But it's hard to imagine one better suited to Gaffney's sensibility than fellow Britisher Dan Berry. Their graphic novel The is lightly balanced between writer and artist, each the right amount of crazy.

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