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Jan. 8th, 2011 09:27 pm
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_Local_, Brian Wood (most of the words) and Ryan Kelly (pictures, some of the words)

It's comics, but it's not superheroes. No detectives. No invincible tough guys, no criminal masterminds. It's a novel which happens to be largely pictorial. 12 chapters of the life of Megan, each in a subsequent year and a different city, telling different stories but also contributing to a picture of her life from 17 to 30, in cities all around North America.

In my listing of _Superman: Earth One_, I was critical of an art style with lots of tiny little lines. It didn't work (for me) there. But Kelly's art here is ALL tiny little lines, and it does work, very well. Things are old and beaten up and thrown away, all in black and white... I remember some scenes in color, even though I know they didn't happen that way. Strange.

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Date: 2011-01-10 01:33 am (UTC)
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I've forgotten: have you tried DMZ? I'm suspecting you might find it interesting...

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Date: 2011-01-10 03:08 am (UTC)
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Hmm. I liked the series from the start, so it may be a matter of taste. It does gradually begin to build a story arc -- it's not *just* observations of life in wartime -- but the pace remains sedate...
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