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The Nightmarist
Creator: Duncan Rouleau
Active Images/Man of Action Studios, black and white, 180 pages, $14.99
So? Dreams are kind of dangerous territory for any comic to tread in because of the inevitable comparisons to “The Sandman.” Duncan Rouleau, whose comics credits include M. Rex and such mainstream titles as X-Factor, Wildcats and Action Comics, evokes a very different kind of dreamscape in this original graphic novel about a young woman whose dreams become a battleground. This book unfolds very much like a dream itself – at times confusing, at times compelling but always interesting and beautiful to look at. This is one of those books that can really only be done by a creator who’s writing and drawing the material, as some of the organic dream-like qualities would have been hard to make work if those tasks were done separately. Rouleau’s art is especially delicious, with a detail and control that gives shape to the inky terrors lurking in the story. This is a dark fantasy that is denser and more layered than most manga, but like nothing coming out of the major U.S. comics publishers. That it makes the use of four-letter words a bit puzzling, as avoiding them would make this an ideal book for a lot of the manga readers who are fueling a lot of the growth in the comics biz. Grade: A-
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Posted by: steven stargardter | December 26, 2007 at 01:06 PM
Obviously the same person posted the above three comments....and just as obviously this person is wacked out of their skull.
Posted by: Aaron Poehler | July 07, 2008 at 01:41 PM