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Dear Creature (2011)

by Jonathan Case(Favorite Author)

3.72 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

076533111X (ISBN13: 9780765331113)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Tor Books

review 1: I really liked this one. It had plot twists that I didn't see coming, which is unusual for me and the books more melodramatic moments were well balanced by humorous comments from the creature's crab buddies or inept cops. I liked the small town fifties setting. My biggest complaint was that the underwater illustrations especially in the first sequence were cluttered and I found it hard to distinguish what I was looking at, but the art got better or my eyes adjusted to it or both. At first I also didn't like the traditional comic book lettering style, but when I realized the comic was set in a vintage setting their choice of the font made more sense to me.
review 2: swoon...what a delightful graphic novel. who'd a thunk it: a sea monster man with a love of ia... morembic pentameter, his three little crabby friends, an agoraphobic, and romance. the art in this graphic novel is lovely, fluid, stark. each drawing is a miniature story in itself--each frame rewards an extended admiration. the author depicts his characters with a superb sense of embodied emotion--how anguish contorts the spine, how glee opens the expression, how love can make one beautiful. truly the work of an artist who has observed creatures minutely and with great compassion.the words of the story are entirely dialogue--no exposition. it makes for great fun, filling in the blanks, making the connections. the author clearly respects his readers--no spoon-feeding here. and iambic pentameter! what fun he must have had writing it. at least as much fun as i did reading it.as romances go, it's quite bent. but it is a romance, and a very satisfying one. i highly recommend reading this on the beach with some fried squid and a beach umbrella. less

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