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Books You Got Pictures In My Words: Bayou
Posted by Paul Constant on Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 12:20 PM
What's the book? Bayou: Volume 1 by Jeremy Love.
What's it about? It's the first published effort from DC Comics' digital arm, Zuda Comics. It's about living in the south and lynchings and a magical, um, African-American man who helps a young girl. It's like Swamp Thing for kids with a whole unsubtle racial subtext tacked on.
What's the art look like?
Do you recommend it? Not really. It's just not that well-written. I'll check in on future volumes of the book—as any comic book movie fan knows, the origin is the lamest part of the whole endeavor—but this is just a weird little funny-shaped book that tries too hard to be meaningful.
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Gotta say--I've been looking at this online, and the artwork's sucking me in. The writing isn't exactly stellar, but the mood almost makes up for it.
Of course, I'm a dabbler, not a connoisseur.
Of course, I'm a dabbler, not a connoisseur.
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