Monday, September 03, 2007

The Annotated Northwest Passage

My review of Scott Chantler's oldey-timey graphic novel in The Star.

Prepare for a sweeping generalization: most graphic novels are only "for grown-ups" in the same way that Casino Royale was the Bond movie "for grown-ups."

That is, yes... but not very.

Blah blah blah Maus blah blah Seth blah blah Adrian Tomine blah blah Frank Miller blah blah.

At least I finally got to use that Bruce McCall quote, a personal favourite.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Blah, blah, Alan Moore's pornographic fairy tales, blah blah.

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