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slothroptightpants's review
4.0
It's always the goddamn windmill. That's what it's always been about. Cervantes cracked the code and we gentrified the combination.
buffoonprincess's review
5.0
This is a brilliant comic in all conceivable ways.
The story is crude and heartbreakingly violent, but it feels real and close.
The art is incredible and full of symbolism in the way the artist uses coloring and the way the panels are organised on the page. The reality that Arnold feels he lives in and the real world are in constant contrast and the art makes this really clear and each detail is significant.
The references to literature are really intelligent and elegant. And the connection to Don Quixote is one of the best I've read.
The story is crude and heartbreakingly violent, but it feels real and close.
The art is incredible and full of symbolism in the way the artist uses coloring and the way the panels are organised on the page. The reality that Arnold feels he lives in and the real world are in constant contrast and the art makes this really clear and each detail is significant.
The references to literature are really intelligent and elegant. And the connection to Don Quixote is one of the best I've read.
reads_vicariously's review
4.0
Set in modern day Vancouver, THE DREGS is about one homeless man’s quest to find out why homeless people have started disappearing. Hooked on drugs and obsessed with detective stories, Marlowe finds himself caught up in a spiral of seedy characters and horrifying revelations.
The writing is smart, nuanced, and loaded with subtext. With a provocative concept and a sprawling storyline, the comic is based in real world issues but painted over with a darkly satirical brush. Coined as “the first homeless meta noir,” it’s a literary blend of Jonathan Swift, Raymond Chandler, and Warren Ellis (oh, and a dash of Bazterrica’s Tender is the Flesh
The writing is smart, nuanced, and loaded with subtext. With a provocative concept and a sprawling storyline, the comic is based in real world issues but painted over with a darkly satirical brush. Coined as “the first homeless meta noir,” it’s a literary blend of Jonathan Swift, Raymond Chandler, and Warren Ellis (oh, and a dash of Bazterrica’s Tender is the Flesh
readingvicariously's review
4.0
Set in modern day Vancouver, THE DREGS is about one homeless man’s quest to find out why homeless people have started disappearing. Hooked on drugs and obsessed with detective stories, Marlowe finds himself caught up in a spiral of seedy characters and horrifying revelations.
The writing is smart, nuanced, and loaded with subtext. With a provocative concept and a sprawling storyline, the comic is based in real world issues but painted over with a darkly satirical brush. Coined as “the first homeless meta noir,” it’s a literary blend of Jonathan Swift, Raymond Chandler, and Warren Ellis (oh, and a dash of Bazterrica’s Tender is the Flesh
The writing is smart, nuanced, and loaded with subtext. With a provocative concept and a sprawling storyline, the comic is based in real world issues but painted over with a darkly satirical brush. Coined as “the first homeless meta noir,” it’s a literary blend of Jonathan Swift, Raymond Chandler, and Warren Ellis (oh, and a dash of Bazterrica’s Tender is the Flesh
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