Lindsay Pereira Comic Reviews

Publications like Grunt are valuable not only for the glimpse they provide of how an artist has evolved but also for the many possible directions they hint towards. It is the kind of collection that ages well because it chronicles the development of someone who is clearly only just getting started.

If you like the Alien franchise and love how comics have approached the subject, this will be a great addition to your collection. If you haven't read any of the comic spinoffs before and are one of the few human beings on Earth unfamiliar with the films, this may be one of the most satisfying comics you will read in a long time. Either way, you win.

Does Kindred need a graphic adaptation? Probably not. Its great that one exists though, if only for the possibility of new generations waking up to the existence of the original and to Butlers commendable body of work. When one takes into account the fact that it was first published in 1979, it's painful to acknowledge that the questions it raised four decades ago are still relevant. Then again, that is precisely what makes it a classic.

For a book that seemingly focuses on the humdrum, The River at Night ends up being surprisingly moving, possibly because it manages to convey the existential struggle we all fight at some point or the other, to try and find relevance in a universe that rarely condescends to acknowledge our presence.

There is a certain kind of poetic justice in seeing Goya's life in panels, given that he helped tell stories using successive images. By that definition, he could well be described as the godfather of the comic art form.