Losing Neverland
Losing Neverland ( Engl. Neverland lose ) is a German comic in a manga style of illustrator driving Sindram .
action
In a fictional London of the 19th century, the life of 14-year-old half-orphan and prostitute Laurence V. Laurence consists only of “going to work” and enduring the beatings of his father John. But when “Laurie” meets little Tim Philips one day, who shows him beautiful things in life with his optimism, a friendship begins that changes their lives for both of them.
The basic theme is child abuse in any form. The emotional world of a child who grows up with violence and abuse and slowly threatens to perish as a result is shown.
publication
“Losing Neverland” is published by Butter & Cream and, according to its author, is planned to be four volumes. The first volume was published in June 2006, the second volume in March 2008. The Losing Neverland storybook was published in 2012.
success
For “Losing Neverland”, Fahr Sindram was included in the 15 portrait photo series “The Art of Thinking Tomorrow” by the German Council for Sustainable Development , which was first shown in September 2006 in Berlin.
In December 2006 "Losing Neverland" was presented at the Comiket in Tokyo.
criticism
"Losing Neverland" is about the dark side of the sexual (...). The illustrator Fahr Sindram tells the sad story of an adolescent who is disguised as a woman by his brutal father in a Victorian fantasy London and sent to the streets. The whimsical work wants to protest against child abuse as well as against the Shotacon mangas, which are about homoerotic relationships between boys and men. With its Sarah Kay aesthetic turned into Gothic style, “Losing Neverland” is much more ambivalent than intended; the revulsion that Sindram conjures up is mixed with a good dash of fascination. " (Süddeutsche Zeitung, March 31, 2008)
"Some mangas convey deeply serious concerns like Losing Neverland by Fahr Sindram. In them, she vehemently opposes the sexual exploitation of children, but remains aesthetically true to the Shojo manga." (Goethe-Institut Tokyo, May 2009)
“In 2006 the first volume of their six episode series Losing Neverland was published here. The focus is on a 14-year-old stick boy in 19th century England. Fahr Sindram's Never Land is a dark land, with most of its residents living on the verge of despair. And because its creator has not only drawn it with technical perfection, but also pairs her passion for Gothic culture with a weakness for the psychedelic, her manga is unparalleled in almost every respect. "(Kieler Nachrichten, June 30, 2010)