(Stop here if you haven’t read the book and care about knowing the ending ahead of time.) The ending was one of the semantic aspects of the book (that is, not the formal elements like style, color, layouts, and all the other things Mazzuchelli has been highly praised for) that really struck me on reading and rereading. I understand that in a straight-up review context endings are often considered off-limits spoilers, but surely for such a widely praised book, there’s room to assume many have already read the book by now. No one mentions the ending (actually, since I started this Matthias Wivel does reference it in his post). I tend to not post on the really big comics: sometimes because I haven’t read them, but often because I don’t think I have anything worth adding to the conversation.īut, having read a bunch of reviews on Asterios Polyp, I found one aspect missing from the commentary. I’ve been following a lot of the reviews and articles and have so far avoided posting on it. For redirection to newer content, go to the homepage.Īnyone following comics blogging/reviewing/criticism will know that David Mazzuchelli’s long awaited Asterios Polyp was not only predicted as one of the best comics of the year before it came out but also highly praised all over the place (on and offline) when it came out.
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