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octavia_cade's review
dark
sad
fast-paced
5.0
The Reaper of Thirst is a creepy bitch, and the visualisation of her is terrifying. The artwork here, though, is spectacular. So much of this issue is silent, in that there are pages and pages without words or speech bubbles, and it's so effective. Effective in a surrealist sort of way, as Clara coming to Thirst in search of her uncle - and what that says about Frank's life, and his guilt and isolation from her is dreadfully sad - and then coming under the control of another reaper is a nightmare dream sequence. I'm not the biggest comic reader in the world, though clearly I do read some, but there's no one whose comic artwork appeals to me more than Emma Ríos, I think. All credit to her!
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