A review by freshkatsu
Monologues for Calculating the Density of Black Holes by Anders Nilsen

4.0

The first 25% of the book was maddening to get through but it was worth it once I got into the vibe in act 3/4/5/6. The humour is nonsensical, bordering on just randomly picking absurd Postmodern sit-com scenarios. At one point the authored lamented his work being an 'artsy endurance contest' like a David Lynch movie (that's the only joke that made sense to me). In terms of the illustration, the minimal 'bad cartoon' David Shrigley/Brian Chippendale figures work well but the most surprising element is probably the use of Google Earth photography as an existential stage. Consistent panel compositions help tie the 'narratives' (loosely defined) together as well without loosing the overall non-coherence. Given the title, I wonder if you can piece together a timeline from the individual fragments...A four star rating is probably too generous, I never know how to evaluate art books anyway.