A review by violentvixen
The Graphic Canon, Volume 1: From the Epic of Gilgamesh to Shakespeare to Dangerous Liaisons by Russ Kick

2.0

This just didn't work for me. The very short (often one page) selections were jarring, and a lot of the intros didn't give enough context for the selection they had. But my biggest issue was that I just didn't like a lot of the comics! The majority of the art is that 70s druggie style which I hate. A few are specifically described as having a "grotesque" style in the intros and that makes classic literature impossible to follow. Many more had writing that was messy/too stylized and extremely difficult to read. Also I've never seen so many extremely unattractive naked boobs, so many of these drawing styles don't work with nudes. Since the styles are so different and the selections so short I couldn't get into any of the styles enough to keep up with them. It made the whole thing an incredibly slow and frustrating read.

Overall it had the feeling of a 90s high school zine. I like the idea but couldn't get into any of this. I'd have enjoyed it more and read it faster if it had been a text compilation, which is pretty sad.