Rutu Modan draws the people in her comics as if they are made of human bodies. There’s no good reason this should be so striking and touching, but somehow it is: Her characters are not at all times trying to appear to best advantage. They are made of human matter. Sometimes they look their best, and other times they do not. The Property is Modan’s first full-length comic since the acclaimed Exit Wounds in 2007, and it’s well worth the wait. Mica has come to Poland with her grandmother, Regina, to reclaim the property that Regina’s family lost during the…
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