Natalie ‘Tally’ Nourigat’s Amsterdam Sketchbook from MonkeyBrain Comics is part comic, part travelogue, but can a look inside someone’s sketchbook really be all that exciting?!

Publisher: MonkeyBrain Comics
Writer/artist: Natalie ‘Tally’ Nourigat
Price: £0.69/£0.99 from ComiXology

MonkeyBrain Comics pride themselves on their eclectic range of titles, after all this is the company who have published everything from post-modern superheros (Edison Rex), to pulp-era crime fighters (Masks vs. Mobsters), via kids fairy stories (Aesops Ark), dog kidnappings (Kinski) and black and white pigeon adventures (The Stars Below). However Amsterdam Sketchbook may just be their quirkiest title yet.

Produced by writer/artist Natalie ‘Tally’ Nourigat, Amsterdam Sketchbook is a journal/travelogue of her first trip to Amsterdam as she draws and comments on the people she sees. It’s a truly sublime look into the world that Tally sees and bring privy to such an intimate look into her sketchbook is utterly fascinating. It takes some achievement to create a book that is essentially a work in progress and make it so utterly compelling, but she succeeds thanks to her quirky way of looking at things and her brilliant observations on life and the people of the world.

“An utterly delightful piece of original comic book story-telling. Part travelogue, part ‘brain dump’, but all charming and wonderful. If this doesn’t make you want to pick up a sketchbook and pencil to go travelling around the world then nothing else will!”