My friend and coworker Matthew J. Brady is on vacation for a week or two so he has a bunch of people contributing pieces to his blog Warren Peace Sings the Blues while he’s away and I snuck in with one review of a couple minicomics by Jeff Lemire– The Essex County Boxing Club and Eddie Elephant Ears. I’ve been looking for a reason to write about Lemire’s work all year long.
“His characters all have one characteristic that they share– their walking through life on their way to death. Through a wonderful blending of art and story, you’re always aware of these characters mortality. That may sound morbid and depressing but the sense of mortality acts more as a memento mori for the readers as we see Lemire’s characters fail at life in ways that, from the outside, are obvious and avoidable.”
Click here to go over to Matt’s site and read the whole review.
Top Shelf has made The Essex County Boxing club available now on their website and I think that both minicomics are still available through Jeff Lemire’s webstore. And if you haven’t, pick up Tales from the Farm and the excellent Ghost Stories, the first two parts of Lemire’s Essex County trilogy.
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