The Sculptor
by:
Scott McCloud (author)
David Smith is giving his life for his art—literally. Thanks to a deal with Death, the young sculptor gets his childhood wish: to sculpt anything he can imagine with his bare hands. But now that he only has 200 days to live, deciding what to create is harder than he thought, and discovering the...
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David Smith is giving his life for his art—literally. Thanks to a deal with Death, the young sculptor gets his childhood wish: to sculpt anything he can imagine with his bare hands. But now that he only has 200 days to live, deciding what to create is harder than he thought, and discovering the love of his life at the 11th hour isn't making it any easier!This is a story of
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781596435735 (1596435739)
Pages no: 496
Edition language: English
I read this for one of my summer classes. We had to read and annotate 10 comics/graphic novels. Here's the annotation I wrote for that class: David Smith gives his life for his art. Literally. In exchange for the ability to sculpt anything with his hands, he is given only 200 days to live. ...
David Smith is giving his life for his art―literally. Thanks to a deal with Death, the young sculptor gets his childhood wish: to sculpt anything he can imagine with his bare hands. But now that he only has 200 days to live, deciding what to create is harder than he thought, and discovering the love...
This has been a graphic novel that has been getting a lot of buzz lately so I wanted to see what it was about for myself. I finally got around to seeing it and, let me tell you, it was a very good read. I love how McCloud (great name, btw) told a story about life. Real life! Through a graphic nov...
What a great story. Awesome illustrations and surprisingly deep messages and mores. Impressed with my first Scott McCloud graphic novel. :)
The art of the book is marvelous. The drawings are pretty. I like how the author puts several panels together as a tapestry, which captures the character's reaction so vividly. The layers of emphasis is also very good: some irrelevant details are fading yet the most important ones remain. In sum, th...
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