

For once, there will not be a large number of spoilers weirdly enough, the twists and turns of the story are not the centerpiece of the experience. Let’s talk about Scott McCloud’s latest book, his first work of fiction since 1998, and what is likely to be the best work of graphic fiction of 2015. The thing is, that really hasn’t changed much for me, but at least we’re closer to the release date so what the hell. It is, at the moment, a wholly emotional experience. I’m unable to produce one right now because I am not able to stop experiencing this story, to step back to see it in detail and in the whole, to think. I have been taking my time getting around to this review both because writing it six weeks ago (when Gina Gagliano at :01 Books very kindly sent me an advanced reader’s edition) would have been too early to be relevant - The Sculptor doesn’t release for another week - and because, as I said at the time:
