A perplexing, beautiful piece of comics that far exceeds the sum of its parts. Mattes rejects the arrangement of memory into neat narrative, instead delivering a beautifully poetic work of art-on-art.
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This is terrific. Fox uses the story as a vessel for the first steps toward an aesthetic understanding of existential self and environment, to great effect—a gorgeously ornate, fully-formed piece of work with endless charm and stunning cartooning.
Finished reading this, which was a lot of fun. Tatsumi's cartooning is great, and his even-handed, detailed approach and leisurely pace give the book a lived-in approach, even if I have some issues with the narrowness of his focus.
I found this to be an extremely charming piece of work. It wonderfully articulates the ache and frustration at its core and pursues its premise in a way that feels at once natural and surprising, with some wonderfully casual cartooning to it. A gem.