A Day In the Life of Alfred

A Day in the Life of Alfred tells a story about alienation in the big city. A dark tale of a lonely man’s struggle to survive and maintain control in his life. Powerful and dramatic images draw you to walk in the shoes of our hero. Feel the effects of this intense, yet monotonous and routine-ridden existence for yourselves. Watch as Alfred balances on a knife edge, while he desperately struggles to repress a childhood incident that would dominate his life forever! 


The themes of routine, obsession, compulsion and alienation reverberate throughout the book, reinforced in clues incorporated into the artwork.

A fascinating and captivating graphic novel - A Day in the Life of Alfred features stark, high-contrast artwork and minimal text. Øivind brings Alfred’s demons and inner struggles into sharp focus; his illustrations are memorably powerful. 

“This is a slender but strong work, and I found the whole thing astute. The tragicomic story was well worth an instant second perusal. We'll call it a graphic novel for want of a better term, but on the whole this shows the power to be had in just a few large, full-panel images, and the sparse captions facing them.” – thebookbag.co.uk


"“This is Hovland’s second book, a spiritual follow-up to Trial and Error: The Aviated Efforts of Jean Baptiste de Bomberaque, and what perhaps links the two books is that they both express an emotion. While Trial and Error chronicled one man’s obsession with flight, A Day in the Life is a haunting tale of isolation and the residual effects of bullying. This naturally makes it a far less charming and humour-laden read, but Hovland’s knack for layered storytelling, even when confines to just 25 images and less than 500 words, shines through nevertheless." - www.shelfabuse.com