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Grandes Preguntas (2013)

by Anders Nilsen(Favorite Author)

4.09 of 5 Votes: 5

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

Ediciones Sins Sentido & Fulgencio Pimentel

review 1: Wow. An opus of narrative art, like the Ulysses of graphic novels, and it mostly concerns itself with a flock of finches in the forest. You feel like you've entered into a dream, one where planes crash from the skies, crows cast aspersions while feasting on corpses, and an idiot man-boy wanders the forest, protected by birds. The art is sometimes simple, sometimes impressively detailed, with a Gahan Wilson-esque tone. Amazing how it can be so flip and irreverent at one moment, and so weighty the next. Highly recommended long-form art book.
review 2: I should have known that this graphic novel wouldn't be for me. Above all else, I value pacing and plotting in the stories I consume, regardless of medium. In picking up a twelve pound, 600 page book, I should have ... moreknown that it wouldn't suit my preferences. Nevertheless, I was seduced by its art style, its cover, and the promise of deep thoughts and powerful themes. I should also have known that something calling itself "Big Questions" might not actually have any deep insights to give, or it might have been given a more interesting title.The problems I have with this graphic novel are, in no particular order:- it is at least 50 percent longer than it needs to be- the characters are visually indistinguishable from one another- many characters are not distinguishable by their personality, either- the art is repetitive and too simple to effectively show motion or action- the themes of the novel are unclear and underexploredAs the reading experience wore on, I found myself exceedingly wearied by the glacial pace of events and the utter lack of urgency in anything at all. While several interesting possibilities emerge with the mysterious setting, the strange pseudo-evangelism of the sparrows, and the enigmatic relationship between Algernon and the snake, none of these are fleshed out or developed into a complete or satisfying arc. Rather, they just sit there and drag out with no development until the haphazard anticlimax of the ending.All I can say about this book is that it is exactly what it appears to be: a very self-serious, pretentious, and underdeveloped passion project by an artist who doesn't fully understand the graphic novel medium. less

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