Not too long after finishing Americanah, I chanced upon this graphic novel when perusing my local digital library. Conceptually, I love the idea of a graphic biography and (this is where the Americanah thing becomes relevant) was particularly interested to see how one might take on a racially-charge...
An exciting graphic presentation of the Old West legend.
I particularly liked how the art was done in a b & w newspaper photograph style. And was left wondering: is breaking a horse as simple as holding on long enough? horse people, please inform me.
I particularly liked how the art was done in a b & w newspaper photograph style. And was left wondering: is breaking a horse as simple as holding on long enough? horse people, please inform me.
Yummy is true dystopia. It is the tragedy of an eleven-year-old kid caught up in the height of gang violence in 1994 in Chicago. The black-and-white art is mostly very effective, although it lead to some odd effects that occasionally stopped me cold. Neri tells the story through a peer of Yummy's, w...