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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
McCloud sketchily reviews comics history, dissects the anatomy of comics, and meditates on human thought and visual perception. There's something here for lots of people.
His analyses of, say, the components of the creative process, might be debated -- but he invites discussion. Comics readers will learn a thing or two. Comics disparagers or ignorers would be enlightened if someone kindly left this book where they'd scan it.
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The important parts of this story could have taken place anywhere, anytime. It isn't about Sunnyvale. It's about a particular family. There's not a lot of rise; it's more fall, but it's one of the least depressing depressing stories I've read -- not because the author tries to sugarcoat (he doesn't) but because there's no wallowing. The style is graceful and direct. Unhappy things happen but there's a life-goes-on tone. No pity, no agonizing. (Maybe there was in the life, but not in the telling.) That attitude and the good writing make this an enjoyable book about unhappy things. And if you've endured any similarly unhappy events (divorce, illness, disputes, aimlessness, or violence in… Read more
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Track samples here don't do justice to the disc's entrancing rhythms and intriguing electric violin play. (Only two tracks have vocals.) Some tracks are upbeat, percussive and funky. A couple have hooks that can run in your head for hours. Others are spare, bleak. You might call them "depressing" and avoid them or you might call them "haunting" or just "moody."
I prefer Caryn Lin's Honour the Rain to this CD because it's a little warmer and its title track is an incredibly evocative five minutes of percussion, melody, and changing landscapes.
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