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kevin_shepherd 's review for:
March of the Crabs Vol. 1
by Arthur de Pins
I see March of the Crabs and two things come to mind: the Red Crabs on Christmas Island and Annette Finklestein (junior/senior prom, 1979). Neither can be found in this book.
What CAN be found is cancer simplicimus vulgaris, the marbled crab, also known as the square crab (depending on the french/english translation). Marbled crabs have the inauspicious distinction of being the only animal on the planet that does not evolve. They spend their entire lives moving back and forth in a straight line, unable to make even the slightest turn. This inability to alter their course, to adapt to pollution and habitat destruction, has set them on a trajectory toward certain extinction. Or so it seems...
Arthur de Pins has constructed a humorous but sad apologue. He has set his cast of characters smack-dab in the dire straights of the anthropocine, against the backdrop of ecosystem annihilation and its accompanying wake of human indifference. As contrived as this feels, I still applaud his efforts and I hope this 'entertainment' inspires a little empathy and activism.
What CAN be found is cancer simplicimus vulgaris, the marbled crab, also known as the square crab (depending on the french/english translation). Marbled crabs have the inauspicious distinction of being the only animal on the planet that does not evolve. They spend their entire lives moving back and forth in a straight line, unable to make even the slightest turn. This inability to alter their course, to adapt to pollution and habitat destruction, has set them on a trajectory toward certain extinction. Or so it seems...
Arthur de Pins has constructed a humorous but sad apologue. He has set his cast of characters smack-dab in the dire straights of the anthropocine, against the backdrop of ecosystem annihilation and its accompanying wake of human indifference. As contrived as this feels, I still applaud his efforts and I hope this 'entertainment' inspires a little empathy and activism.