In a glorious exploration of the comics medium with echoes of 2001: A Space Odyssey, Flash Gordon, Chris Ware, and Moebius, a lone astronaut leaves a world ravaged by nuclear war in search of life. What she finds is beyond all explanation.
Wow. One of the most innovative and unique comics I have ever read, pleasure to Image and Jesse Lonergan for the phenomenal comic. Hedra is a one shot extra-size comic that really strips down the art of comic-book story telling to its bare foundations. First off, the art in this book in fantastc. Lonergan is the perfect artist for such a surreal experience this issue was.
This comic is all visuals, no writing. It really breaks comics down into its core components of pictures telling a story. The imagery, the dark hues starkly contrasted with the pastel colors, the LINEWORK, omg the linework in here is so 200 IQ. The panel-layouts as well, such intricate design and well placed panels and using different size panels that really layer on the flow of sequential story-telling so damn well. How Lonnergan utilizes spaces and lines and paneling in this book to build a narrative is so top notch, I have never seen an artist use art and visuals quite like this. Its really a beauty to behold and appreciate how you can find such complexity in simple ideas with Hedra.