![]() ![]() It's even more horrifying when the couple's faces, and home, get gradually bleached of their colour and cheer. This makes it all the more heartbreaking when the bomb intrudes on their existence, in double-page spreads. Their long marriage is drawn perfectly with small, warm panels, crammed into the page and bursting with life. Jim and Hilda's affectionate banter is completely believable. When the Wind Blows Genres: Graphic Novels Publisher: Penguin Group Writer: Raymond Briggs Artist: Raymond Briggs Publication date: February 1982. The powerful effect is testament to Raymond Briggs' words and visuals. ![]() The ending gives a sucker punch that some younger readers may not feel ready to process. However, it is not for the faint-hearted. This graphic novel is an important social and historical document, which - although of its time - still gives us pause over the ethics and efficacy of nuclear weapons. Soundtrack includes David Bowie, Genesis, Roger Waters and Squeeze. ![]() Surely if they keep calm and carry on following government guidelines, everything will be all right in the end? When warned of a nuclear strike, they return to a 'wartime spirit': storing water, building shelters and painting windows white. Set in the 1980s, Jim and Hilda Bloggs are your typical couple, of later years, living in rural England. Raymond Briggs world-famous graphic account of one ordinary couples attempt to stand firm in the face of nuclear annihilation remains as powerful today as. ![]()
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