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A review by hypops
Peplum by Blutch
3.0
Riffing on Petronius’s Satyricon and on contemporary sword-and-sandals flicks, Blutch’s Peplum attempts to thread the needle between Roman tragedy and cinematic camp, all while avoiding too many references to Federico Fellini’s better known film adaptation. It’s an interesting, if unfulfilling, experiment.
Blutch’s expressionist drawing technique is fantastic, but the story itself—despite its deliberately fragmented structure—isn’t very ground-breaking, compelling, or necessary.
Blutch’s expressionist drawing technique is fantastic, but the story itself—despite its deliberately fragmented structure—isn’t very ground-breaking, compelling, or necessary.