I really wanted to like this book but it was so fragmented and hard to follow that I just wasn't quite sure what was going on. I did get the sense of the mental illness taking over, and I loved Powell's drawings. However, sometimes I couldn't tell what was happening in a drawing. Until I read oth...
Ok, I admit it. I didn't understand this novel at all. Maybe it isn't meant to be. But beyond not understanding, it also didn't resonate anywhere in me. I guess it's an interesting depiction of schizophrenia or pychosis... it's beautifully drawn and surreal... but it didn't touch me anywhere. It ...
A series of disjointed thoughts seems like a good way to review a rather disjointed book. 1. I have no idea what this story was about, even after finishing it. 2. I did enjoy it. 3. I suspect I will remember this book, and think on it, much longer than other books that I probably enjoyed more. 4....
Nate Powell's first graphic novel, "Swallow Me Whole," absolutely blew my mind and his follow-up, "Any Empire," is another blast of pure artistic talent and narrative bravery. Powell is a daring and original voice in comics and his passionate political and moral beliefs mesh perfectly here with h...