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A review by nrphoto
Comic Book Tattoo by Rantz A. Hoseley
3.0
I am not a big graphic novel reader. About the closest I ever came to reading comics as a kid was religiously watching X-Men and Spiderman and Friends on Saturday morning television. I briefly embraced the X-Men comic book at prodding from my friend Bart and his brother, but there were just too many stories. Too much history. Too many collectors editions and cards, and it was all just too much commitment for me at that young, fresh age. As an adult I have read exactly one graphic novel, one of the famous ones, and found it to be exceptionally mundane.
So obviously then, I read this book because I'm obsessed to an unhealthy extent with the music of Tori Amos, and so I must consume it in every way it is made available to me.
The book itself is beautiful. It's huge, and hefty, and the page stock is substantial enough to really display the art in these pages. As for the stories, I think it was a really interesting idea. Some of them are really beautiful, and some of them were really funny. I lot of them were prosaic and trite. I would have loved to have seen some more interpretive depictions. Taking a single metaphor from the lyric at random and building a story around isn't terribly interesting.
some of them were quite lovely. I thought Marianne was especially beautiful. despite any reservations, it was a nice way to spend a couple of hours, and the artwork is absolutely gorgeous. I really enjoyed looking at diversity in the artistic styles.
So obviously then, I read this book because I'm obsessed to an unhealthy extent with the music of Tori Amos, and so I must consume it in every way it is made available to me.
The book itself is beautiful. It's huge, and hefty, and the page stock is substantial enough to really display the art in these pages. As for the stories, I think it was a really interesting idea. Some of them are really beautiful, and some of them were really funny. I lot of them were prosaic and trite. I would have loved to have seen some more interpretive depictions. Taking a single metaphor from the lyric at random and building a story around isn't terribly interesting.
some of them were quite lovely. I thought Marianne was especially beautiful. despite any reservations, it was a nice way to spend a couple of hours, and the artwork is absolutely gorgeous. I really enjoyed looking at diversity in the artistic styles.