author: Denis Lapière
name: Wayne
average rating: 2.00
book published:
rating: 1
read at: 2018/03/10
date added: 2018/03/10
shelves: graphic-novels
review:
'The Summer of Irreverence: Part One' by Denis Lapiere with art by Ruben Pellejero is a story about artists living in Mexico in the 1920s.
Edward Weston is mourning the loss of his mistress Tina Modotti. He takes a cabbie to a bar and tells the story of how they met. There is also mention of his photography, and famous people like Diego Rivera, Xavier Guerrero and other artists in Mexcio at the time. There are oddly profound and disjointed statements about art that seem to come out of art critique books. The story comes to an end somewhere before we find out what led to Tina's death.
It sounded interesting when I requested a review copy, but it had a hard time keeping me interested in the story. The art had heavy lines, and felt a bit loose and disjointed in the way figures were presented. There was a lot of interesting things happening in Mexico at this time, and this story seems to only mention them in passing. If I'd been that taxi driver, I would have left the bar pretty quickly.
I received a review copy of this graphic novel from Europe Comics and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.
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