Sunday 26 September 2021

Number 80 - Gideon Falls Book 2: Original Sins

 

The second volume, collecting issues 7 through 11 of this continuing series by Jeff Lemire and stunningly illustrated by Andrea Sorrentino

As per my comments on the first volume, this book is gorgeous to look at.  It has a truly mind-bending plot. The art is amazing and the way the layouts are used as an integral part of the storytelling is remarkable to say the least.

There are some hints towards an explanation, and the apparently separate storylines are now officially merged.  

I've ordered book 3 already.  These books show how graphic novels can be just as valid a writing form as prose.  And they demonstrate tricks in the storytelling - use of layout etc. - that prose novels could never hope to emulate.


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