The Underwater Welder

The Underwater Welder

2012 • 220 pages

Ratings23

Average rating3.9

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Pressure. As an underwater welder on an oilrig off the coast of Nova Scotia, Jack Joseph is used to the immense pressures of deep-sea work. Nothing, however, could prepare him for the pressures of impending fatherhood. As Jack dives deeper and deeper, he seems to pull further and further away from his young wife, and their unborn son. But then, something happens deep on the ocean floor. Jack has a strange and mind-bending encounter that will change the course of his life forever. ... Equal parts blue-collar character study and mind-bending science fiction epic, The Underwater Welder is a 250-page graphic novel that explores fathers and sons, birth and death, memory and truth, and treasures we all bury deep down inside.

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Touching story with a hint of supernatural elements in it. I really wish that the drawings were in color because Lemire's art is wonderful.

October 8, 2013

The story was underwhelming but I liked the art.

April 21, 2017

Loved the inspiration behind this book! I do wish it had been a little more fleshed out, but I enjoyed it. 

June 23, 2024

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