![]() ![]() ![]() Asterios Polyp falls squarely on the Children of the Sea end of the spectrum.įor all of the craft on display, and in spite of the fact that it’s about a male narcissist with relationship problems, it’s a funny and nuanced story. Williams III and Greg Rucka’s Batwoman arc in Detective (DC) to be dazzling to the eye and unsurprising in most other ways. For instance, I found Daisuke Igarashi’s Children of the Sea (Viz) both visually breathtaking and emotionally satisfying, so that was good. ![]() My week has coincidentally ended up being about contemplating books with diversely amazing art. The artistry and technique can excuse the fact that there really isn’t very much underneath. In my experience, tours de force, while breathtaking, can sometimes end up seeming a little hollow. The book is pretty much front-to-back filled with great pages like that, and by “like that,” I don’t mean “told with the same visual techniques.” I mean that Mazzucchelli seems to have limitless imagination when it comes to finding inventive ways to fuse words and images (composition, line, color, style) to convey character and plot. It’s from David Mazzucchelli’s much-praised, best-selling graphic-novel debut, Asterios Polyp (Pantheon). Isn’t that a great page? I love the way images and text join forces to tell you everything you need to know about the characters’ relationship. ![]()
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