asterios polyp (david mazzuchelli)

i'm still in awe. what an amazing piece of art. i loved everything, every little detail of the design and the story. it's so visually stunning. mazzuchelli has always been one of my favourite artists (ever since his adaptation of auster's 'city of glass'), i love how he follows the will eisner school of breaking the frame and letting the pictures tell the story by themselves. if to this you add the genius changes in typography, to match each character's personality, the result is quite simply magnificent. the story is also wonderful, i especially liked all the mythology references, from the duality of apollo and dioniysus to the wonderful orpheic trip to the underwold. basically, if you don't like it, you are quite simply the biggest fool on earth.

Rating: 10/10