The Tale of One Bad RatBy Bryan Talbot
1995
Available now from Islington Libraries
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Be warned right from the start: this is a harrowing book. That's not to say that the artwork isn't excellent (because it is: clean, detailed, evocative, perfect in it's use of colour and everything drawn to feel weighted and real): the characters are distinct and believable and the plot is simple but very effective: stomach-churning, tense and gripping right from the get go. That harrowing part comes from the subject-matter: Helen Potter is homeless - a teenage runaway living on the streets of London with a past that she has yet to come to grips to. Obsessed with Beatrix Potter and her only friend a small pet rat this comic follows her attempts to overcome and survive the things that have happened to her. A mini-masterpiece that will leave you emotionally drained but satisfied.
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Links: Good Ok Bad Review, Ninth Art Review.
Further reading: The Adventures of Luther Arkwright, I Kill Giants, A Small Killing, Maus.
Profiles: Bryan Talbot.
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