A review by beautyistruth
Alice in Sunderland by Bryan Talbot

1.0

Just didn't like it. It was weird, like a boring history lesson cluttered with facts. I was not interested in these facts because I knew much of it already, so I felt patronised, and because it lacked much commentary or a point to it that I could see, for relevance. Perhaps it meant to convey how real life is much like a confused and strange Wonderland itself but it didn't speak to me. If I had written a history essay simply presenting the facts, however true, I would have got a D or an E for it. Talbot is no Nancy Mitford, who would have managed something captivating or full of interesting gossip.

So, there was not much of a story alongside the presentation of various facts largely based on the British city of Sunderland, and Lewis Carroll's history and there was no depth of characterisation, while the self-conscious parts e.g. the referring to the author's writing of the graphic novel and name-dropping were borderline insufferable. The graphics were good - varied and colourful - but that means nothing without a good script.