By Jeff Smith (Bone). Great to see him turning his talent to a contemporary, adult tale. And it's just beautiful. I even stared at the covers for a long time before actually starting to read - the colour scheme, design, paper/finish choice, lovely.
I definitely enjoyed it as much as Bone for the most part, although it doesn't have that initial accessibility where he eases you into the story with cartoon antics.
It turned out to not have such a great ending, but the telling of the story up to that point was fantastic. It felt like it could have done with going on for a bit longer and expanding its scope a little, though. The themes, settings and sequences tend to feel repetitious at points, at first to good effect but eventually a little frustrating. iirc there was a bit of a fizzle-out issue with Bone, too...
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