Scan barcode
eeves's review
informative
medium-paced
3.75
Some interesting bits of info, though it can be a little full of itself sometimes as well as repetitive. Love the art
oao's review
Thing one finds in the land of the dead:
darkness (and /or things that obscure vision),
isolation and loneliness (not necessarily aloneness),
blood (and /or sharp objects),
bloodsucking creatures (parasites),
cannibalism,
ignorance
serpents, night creatures, carrions,
bones, ghost/spirit/apparition,
Animal acting like human, and /or human acting like animals.
Can be memory, can be a land of toys/feast.
A serpent in the garden. Evil had to be “invited”.
Angel from the sky. Angels always leaves (so that the protagonist can demonstrate that they truly have changed).
Horror stories can be threat simulations.
Common wisdom from the land of dead:
Small treasures of the daily life.
Anger and hatred make ppl stuck in Limbo.
All people have to die. (Immortality is not a blessing.)
darkness (and /or things that obscure vision),
isolation and loneliness (not necessarily aloneness),
blood (and /or sharp objects),
bloodsucking creatures (parasites),
cannibalism,
ignorance
serpents, night creatures, carrions,
bones, ghost/spirit/apparition,
Animal acting like human, and /or human acting like animals.
Can be memory, can be a land of toys/feast.
A serpent in the garden. Evil had to be “invited”.
Angel from the sky. Angels always leaves (so that the protagonist can demonstrate that they truly have changed).
Horror stories can be threat simulations.
Common wisdom from the land of dead:
Small treasures of the daily life.
Anger and hatred make ppl stuck in Limbo.
All people have to die. (Immortality is not a blessing.)
SOMETHING COMMON IN THE LAND OF THE DEAD. FEEDING OFF OF SOMEONE'S PAIN IS A TYPE OF EMOTIONAL CANNIBALISM.
likecymbeline's review
4.0
This non-fiction comic takes us to through the land of the dead in history and story-telling as a recurring theme as we humans grapple with mortality. I'm predisposed to like this kind of thing and would've been happy with even more examples, more illustrations. For stories that were familiar to me, the art added something quite new, bringing out a different element and texture than pure written commentary would have done. Some of the artwork ought to be used on book covers, Moby Dick in particular.
sarah_grey's review
4.0
This was really unique- it was a how to for storytelling using a graphic novel to take you through how many well known stories can be broken down to similar pieces. Loved the artwork!