Two Brothers, Signal to Noise

Two Brothers

Another offering from Fabio Moon and Gabriel Ba, adapted from a novel by Milton Hatoum.  It’s the story of the dysfunctional relationship between twin brothers over the course of their lifetimes, a family epic that reminds me of Brothers K by David James Duncan. 

This isn’t as good as Duncan’s masterpiece; it’s a bad sign that it took me until page 174 to remember that I’d read this before.  (My favorite part of this comic, by the way.  It says so much about longing, finally getting what you’ve wanted for so long (if only for one night), and it’s a damn hot scene.)

The rest of it is undeniably well executed.  There’s no doubt that Ba and Moon are masters of their craft.  But this is too bleak of a story, its characters too flawed with few redeeming qualities, to really resonate with me.

Regret buying: No

Would buy again: No

Would read again: Yes

Rating: Pretty good

Signal to Noise

An early Neil Gaiman/Dave McKean collaboration.  A dying filmmaker spends his last months writing a movie about the end of the world.  It’s gorgeous to look at, as all McKean works are, but it takes too long to say very little about the nature of death.

Regret buying: No

Would buy again: No

Would read again: Yes

Rating: Nice