PositiveThe Times Literary Supplement (UK)This family portrait intercuts to Bobby’s promethean mutation, which Windsor-Smith leaves mostly in shadow, making the rare glimpses all the more chilling, while defusing them with the personnel’s Pythonesque banter ... over time he unveils a tender, unconsummated romance between Janet and the book’s other decent man, Jack Powell, a local police officer working undercover for the army. Throughout, Windsor-Smith captures subtle expressions and body language in controlled storms of expressive pen-and-ink lines, crafting nuanced black-and-white tones akin to engravings or Old Master drawings. This intensity is reinforced by the author’s avoidance of a distancing narrator or any captions except to announce locations and dates. His focus is on naturalistic dialogue that gives the characters their own distinct voices ... Bobby may have been made into a monster, but he remains human and humane.
Seth
PositiveThe Times Literary SupplementThe cartoonist Seth appreciates the allure and poignancy of his country’s past and its citizens’ vanished lives through what is left behind, often blurring true historical contexts with persuasively plausible nostalgia for \'Canadiana\' ... Clyde Fans is Seth’s magnum opus ... Every element is thoughtfully considered, from the introductory suite of foreshadowing images ... The visual nature of comics makes them less linear than pure prose and permits a more exploratory and navigable experience of attentive looking as well as reading, to connect the cues and clues woven throughout.
