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A review by helpfulsnowman
Royal City Volume 1: Next of Kin by Jeff Lemire
4.0
Good stuff! Family drama, but a heightened. It's not just the typical reuniting of a family who doesn't get along. There's more complicated, almost supernatural elements to it, and that's what makes it something special.
There was a portion in here I really identified with. One character is talking about leaving a small town and becoming a new person, and how it's hard to come home because he wanted to be this new person, but to everyone at home he's still the same guy.
Growing up and still living in the same town, this is a thing, but I don't know if it's a bad thing. It would be a bad thing if you were the same person you were at age 14, but I don't know if it's a bad thing that other people think that. It's not always fun when you have some pretty public family stuff go down and run into people who ask about it, but maybe it's not the worst thing in the world that you can't just cast that stuff off, that you really have to decide how you feel about it and how you're going to deal with the very real stuff of the past.
I think the idea of leaving home may be a bit overrated. Some people need to, some people want to, but I've always felt this sense of superiority from people who leave.
The thing is, you still have to remake yourself when you stay in the same place. And there's something actively resisting that change. So you'd better be sure, and you'd better do a good job.
Anyway, Royal City. Good times!
There was a portion in here I really identified with. One character is talking about leaving a small town and becoming a new person, and how it's hard to come home because he wanted to be this new person, but to everyone at home he's still the same guy.
Growing up and still living in the same town, this is a thing, but I don't know if it's a bad thing. It would be a bad thing if you were the same person you were at age 14, but I don't know if it's a bad thing that other people think that. It's not always fun when you have some pretty public family stuff go down and run into people who ask about it, but maybe it's not the worst thing in the world that you can't just cast that stuff off, that you really have to decide how you feel about it and how you're going to deal with the very real stuff of the past.
I think the idea of leaving home may be a bit overrated. Some people need to, some people want to, but I've always felt this sense of superiority from people who leave.
The thing is, you still have to remake yourself when you stay in the same place. And there's something actively resisting that change. So you'd better be sure, and you'd better do a good job.
Anyway, Royal City. Good times!