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La Isla De Borbón, 1730 (2007)

by Lewis Trondheim(Favorite Author)

3.51 of 5 Votes: 3

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

publisher

Ponent Mon

review 1: Like Spiegelman in MAUS, Appollo and Trondheim use the separative effect of anthropomorphized animals to tell a socially-explorative period piece in an eye-catching way. Unlike MAUS, this piece doesn't use different species to signify class (unless I'm missing something, which is certainly possible). In this case, Appollo and Trondheim use talking animals as a way into examining colonialism in the 18th century as the need for safe trading brought law to previously isolated islands. It's an interesting look at race, social and economic chasms in a community just beginning to find itself, with a looseness in both writing and art that manage to both provide an idiosyncratic cartooning and lush detail to Bourbon Island's jungles.
review 2: Sort of historical fictio... moren about pirates. And dodos. And the lack there of. I love Lewis Trondheim's artwork, how it's funny without seeming to try to be at all, and how that can add a great element to a story that's not really meant to be all that funny. The only thing I found myself wishing was that this was in color - it's great in black and white, but color might have added to the lush setting and exotic elements of the story. less

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