A review by kirstiecat
The Hypo: The Melancholic Young Lincoln by Noah Van Sciver

5.0

I really enjoy graphic novels that have intelligent narratives and this is definitely one of my favorite graphic novels! It has our hero Lincoln under dire circumstances! Poverty, illness, political turmoil, duels!, being scorned by the family of the woman he wishes to wed...this has it all. It is just as melodramatic as it is political and there is a great sense of art to the drawings that make the storyline enhanced and intriguing to the last. I couldn't help but think that this would probably be Sarah Vowell's favorite graphic novel if she read it (maybe she has!)

In any case, such a delight! I relished in poor Lincoln's trials. I felt his deep melancholia, his sense of despair and I again re-realized that it was only be being a deep thinking individual that he was able to see some changes that were best for our country.

I wish there were more graphic novels like this!