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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Review: Exit Wounds, Rutu Modan
Published 25 Jan 2011
by
Gin Jenny
Exit Wounds was a gift from Ella, formerly of Box of Books and now of Now with Pictures. Ella is fantastic. She has a series of picture vignettes about her imaginary ancestors that you really need to go investigate right now. (Here is the first one.) One time she drew an awesome picture of a memory I shared with her about playing hurricane with my sisters as a kid. Recently I came home from a smashing day of discovering $3 margaritas, and found, fittingly, a box of books on my doorstep from Ella. It contained Cold Comfort Farm, Exit Wounds,…
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