The figures feel unfinished and unstructured at times, but it feeds back into an overall atmosphere of nebulosity that has sat with Thi in regards to who her parents are. While not wholly attractive, Thi's comics benefit from her loose brushwork, which allows an emotional charge that a stiffer application would have dampened. Gritty, dry brush strokes, bleeding ink and terra cotta washes offer the eye dimension and texture to hold onto as it winds through Thi’s retellings. Thi was born in Vietnam three months before the end of the Vietnam War and arrived in the U.S. The Best We Could Do: An exceptional graphic memoir by debut author Thi Bui. It's not a comic that packs much of a punch visually but it's mostly attractive and easy to read and though it’s subdued to the point of lethargy, I’m still curious to see how her work grows.
The pacing and dialogue is stilted and matter-of-fact in the manner of well-trodden folktales but I find Witerscheim's art and layouts solidly cohesive and still developing with each page. The art style is stripped down to pleasing shapes, a meek digitally-textured line and a tastefully limited palette, utilizing a swatch of muted corals and slate blues.
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Slavonica is a series of short fantasy stories inspired by Slavic mythology and culture drawn by Katarzyna "Panna N." Witerscheim. Slavonica: Tapas (formerly known as Tapastic) has been an useful if not sketchy platform for cartoonists, hosting independently made comics and published comics that are in need of web distribution.
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