author: J M DeMatteis
name: Wayne
average rating: 3.20
book published: 2013
rating: 3
read at: 2013/07/06
date added: 2013/07/06
shelves: graphic-novels
review:
Augusta Webster has an active imagination and likes to tell stories about a made up land, but it's possible that she's actually Augusta Wind and her life as Augusta Webster is made up. As the book progresses, answers are uncovered.
Augusta Wind's world is fraught with perils. She has a companion that is part rabbit, part snake, called Mr. Snabbit. There are malicious balloons, a terrible monster that sometimes looks like her psychiatrist, and the people around her may be friends and they may be trying to deceive her. It all feels a bit like Alice In Wonderland.
While the created world was interesting and I like the creatures that were created, the art seems to be overly busy. I got a review copy, so I'm hoping that the art wasn't quite finished yet. It's very caricatured and sketched looking, which is not a bad look, but tends to run together with some of the color choices. Also, some of the narrative panels have are pale blue with an opaque look to them. This would not be a problem, but the white lettering made it pretty tough to read some of the panels. This was an Adobe Reader version, so it's possible that this is not an issue in the print version. A fantastical tale with some interesting creatures.
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