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uosdwisrdewoh's review against another edition
3.0
A radio monologuist who veered into surreality has some of his works adapted for comics. The stories themselves are involving, but beyond exposing them to a wider audience (I know I wouldn’t have otherwise discovered them) I don’t know what the adaptation does to add to it. Jason Novak’s raw art style—evocative of Liana Finck—isn’t particularly evocative and merely helps to adorn the text as each story as it drifts from a staid beginning into into stranger and stranger environs, an effect that I’m sure works better on the radio as that “wait, that’s not right” feeling dawns on the listener.
I’m glad I read it, even if I’m unsure of how well it stands on its own. It leaves me eager to seek out some of Joe Frank’s radio work.
I’m glad I read it, even if I’m unsure of how well it stands on its own. It leaves me eager to seek out some of Joe Frank’s radio work.
robertrivasplata's review against another edition
4.0
Comix rendering of Joe Frank stories (story?). Has many of the things I expect to find in a Joe Frank episode: dreams, Israel/Palestine, lovers, the phrase “make love”, absurdity, existentialism, etc. Kind of felt like the stories were all dictated to Novak as he was drawing the pictures, with the purpose of tripping him up. Most of the stories felt like every line changed the direction & feel of the story, like it was trying to shake me off & disorient me, which is really what I’m looking for from Joe Frank. I should have read this while listening to some Jon Hassell, Philip Glass, Steve Reich, & Brian Eno (ambient Brian Eno).
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