PositiveMultiversity ComicsKeiler Roberts is a droll documentarian, unfaltering in her ability to find humour and levity in her life’s unflattering moments ... Despite the events in the book being short, simple, and disparate, Roberts maintains a slow, meandering pace, as we sit in the mundanity of the moment. It feels calmly honest, as her slightly rough but simple lines and layouts slide us through her life ... The subtle efficacy of Roberts’s approach is remarkable, leaving a book that feels honest and alive ... a really lovely and organic way to build the world that requires a confidence in craft that a lot of creators don’t have ... There seems to be an understandable hesitance in the portrayals of people outside of Keiler, Roberts only has the full set of information about herself. What this leaves is a sense of alienation from the world around our protagonist, an alienation that doesn’t feel uncommon to certain parts of parenthood and illness. Keiler Roberts builds an idea of herself in changing, loose, and at times intangible contexts. Rat Time paints a uniquely interior picture of a person through a series of subtle and innocuous moments.
