Jumping the Gun: A Big Thumbs-Up

Check back tomorrow for a full review of Luna Park and an interview with its author, Kevin Baker, but in the meantime, run out now and get it. I'm mesmerized by this graphic novel. Baker brings the noir prose storytelling technique he employed in such books as Dreamland and Strivers Row to the comics format, and it works beautifully. Perhaps it works so well because of Danijel Zezelj's incredible artwork and the gorgeous tones employed throughout. It's a dark book (and you can check out a short preview of it here), but it's well worth getting. Baker, for a writer not so well versed in the comics format, took to the format with an ease and a style that dazzles me. Highly recommended.

-- John Hogan
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