Joe The Barbarian (2011) Vertigo Hardcover Book

from ragwaine

I'd say 3 stars for the story and 4 stars for the art. I picked this up because I'm writing a book that includes a boy and a rat. So I wanted to make sure I wasn't getting too close to what Morrison was doing here. I was glad to see that there didn't seem to be any overlap. It was tough to get in...

from apokoliptian

In Joe the Barbarian Grant Morrison dives again in the theme of folded realities but with a pop language more suitable for a bigger audience (different from the last time in The Filth). It shows again his wish of expanding his audience, like it happened with Happy!. Sean Murphy's art is exquisit...

from kkisser

An a young man's fantasy world while undergoing a glycimia attack leading him on an epic journey for survival while confronting the recent loss of his father. A fascinating weaving of real and fantasy that reminded me of "The Neverending Story" by Michael Ende but modernized and told in an amazin...

from maribou

more like 4-and-three-quarters stars, really. Loved this.

from GR8inD8N

This book was soooo good. interesting concept and well executed. wonderful mix of hallucination and reality. It is about a boy who is having a hypoglycemia problem and how he is incapacitated but still trying to find something sugary. interesting panels. includes some background on the author's c...