So then, let’s speak broadly.Īs mentioned, the art that fills and wraps the book is just wonderful. There are so many wonderful things about this work that to attempt to elevate one above the others seems juvenile, a task for children who aren’t really concerned with absorbing the book for what it is. In trying to pin down the crowning achievement among all Daytripper‘s perfections, I find myself struggling. Daytripper is moving without contrivance or manipulation. At least I imagine that they worked hard at it, because they deliver such a completely compelling work that I have to imagine bloodied sweat staining everything in their vicinity save for the gorgeous art. Instead, Fábio Moon and Gabriel Bá actively work to suppress cliche and to reign in formula. Daytripper could have been one more lazy expression of what we all want to believe despite ourselves and despite the present evidence pouring incessantly from every media faucet, namely: that life is worth it. “The book is life-affirming” or “The book shows that death is just another part of life”) are exactly the kinds of things that could be said about that new movie that you don’t want to see, the one that is bound to be an oasis of sentimental schmaltz in the desert of valuable storytelling. All the things that people want to say about it (e.g. Perhaps Daytripper‘s biggest success is that it saves itself from being cliche. Let’s get this out of the way up front: Daytripper may be the best graphic novel I’ve ever had the pleasure to read.
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