Sunday, May 4, 2014

Hope Larson Gray Horses

Gray Horses took me right back to when I read Shaun Tan’s The Arrival, only because the book is very picture based but it does have text I just feel the images are strong individually.

The premise of the story is to come to age to be mature and it tells this in a interesting and inspiring way. Some of the most interesting parts were the choices of shapes and colors; the peach sepia tone color that is carefully placed in each panel is to mean a remembrance.  Also it is a way to play with light in such a simple shape based design.

The story was interesting, and felt very feminine which was something that I haven’t noticed in many comics. The feeling of something you are reading to have a human and organic like quality to it becomes attractive and enthralling. 



No comments:

Post a Comment