Bookverdict.com

The French illustrator (Seasons, rev. 7/10; People, rev. 9/11) is as provocative as ever in this graphic celebration -- and parody -- of the very idea of story. Like Dr. Seuss's And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street (1937), Ballad compounds the fantastical -- literally, here: each chapter has twice the pages, less two, of its predecessor (4, 6, 10, 18…); at 130 pages, the seventh and last chapter is half the book -- just one instance of Blexbolex's intricate crafting. Meanwhile,...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

The French illustrator (<i>Seasons</i>; <i>People</i>) is as provocative as ever in this graphic celebration--and parody--of the very...Log In or Sign Up to Read More