![]() ![]() ![]() The entries seem to deal mostly with background and side topics, not with anything actually central. that you would think would clarify matters, but it actually doens't. Then, in the middle, we get an encyclopedia of characters, places, etc. The "main" story seems like a prologue (it actually IS a prologue, to something that never was a comic-a play-which we learn from the essay near the end), but even taken on its own terms it's a farrago of narratives that seem as if they should intertwine, but keeping track of who is who (except for the oddly-named Brucilla the Muscle)-not helped by the fact that a lot of them look a lot alike-and what the heck is going on is pretty much a lost cause. This is cobbled together from various earlier graphic novels and series (and a few extras from heaven knows where), and it ultimately just doesn't add up to a coherent package. ![]() Kaluta has an amazing sinuous, sensual line, and a lot of the pages look great, but as many are overly busy and hard to parse. Well, this was disappointing (though 2 stars may be a tad harsh). ![]()
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