![]() I think I missed a number of literary allusions, considering how many seemed familiar. Every chapter opens with an excerpt from some famous work, and the format is about as close to epistolary as I’ve seen anything illustrated get (hence all the narration). It’s frequently the point, said straight out at the beginning. I did enjoy the juxtaposition of a realistic style with some of the more outlandishly caricatured characters.Īs for the story, if you have an issue with deus ex machina then this may not be the best read for you. Of course, it does still have panels, and there’s still a fair bit of ink where characters need to be outlined, scenes need to be set, all that good stuff. There are occasional panels that aren’t like this-where the ink takes over-always to a particular effect, for instance to show alienation, or a dramatic moment, and it’s interesting how smooth the transition between the dreamier watercolors and these more concrete moments are (except for the one place where it’s deliberately abrupt). ![]() Speaking of the artwork: it’s not just about the watercolor, although that’s certainly the majority, and used to all its strengths: dripping, splotches, splashes, those wonderful crusty edges you get when you layer in a little more paint and turn the brush the right way. Yes, there are dialogue balloons and the occasional onomatopoeia, but they’re solidly dominated by the narration + fantastic artwork. ![]() ![]() ![]() This comes pretty close to being an illustrated novel. ![]()
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