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Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 741 EAN: 9781561635269 ISBN: 156163526X Label: ComicsLit Manufacturer: ComicsLit Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 64 Publication Date: 2008-05 Publisher: ComicsLit Studio: ComicsLit Related Items:
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 Rating: - A thousand images, one storyTanaka's debut graphic novel doesn't look like any other you've seen. Every page follows the same pattern: a four by four grid of black and while panels, drawn in plain lines and solid blacks or grays. It brings to mind the uniform array of cels on movie film, an analogy that points out some of the cinematic techniques used to pull the reader along. Unlike a movie, this jumps from frame to frame with a syncopation that belies the regular rhythm of the layout. Then, interpolating a story ... Read More Rating: - Brilliant!@Metronome...Brilliant! Like the tick...tock...tick...tock of the ever present metronome, Veronique Tanaka tells the story of a young musician and his failed relationship. Left...right...left...right The cyclical rhythyms and the geometrically inspired art of this wordless book are an art form unto itself. Close up...long shot...close up...long shot. This book could easily be the directorial debut of Tanaka in a short punctuated by the sounds of 4/4 time. Read More 
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