'Eel Mansions' #4

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  Comics Bulletin - Daniel Elkin

  Apr 16, 2014

  Right or wrong, Eel Mansions wallows in deferment. There remain two more rooms to unlock, two more curtains to pull back (two paths you can go by) in which Van Gieson will reveal if Janet, Armistead, Bert, Chee-Chee and all the rest learn anything, want anything or if it's all endless deferments, one liners and record store horseplay. We are, all of us, our choices, our references and our deferments. It's how we form alliances, build empires and create cultures. Van Gieson is only doing what comes natural to artists, artificers and Gods: to make, create. What falls to us is to choose. Read Full Review