Ye
Top Shelf
Mar 15, 2019
Issue #65 - Mitski and boygenius
Ye, by Guilherme Petreca, is a really gorgeous book; the art is idiosyncratic—both cartoony and lush—and lends itself very well to the fable/fairy tale-esque storytelling regarding a mostly mute man who is grappling with the influence of The Colorless King—which is revealed, at least for Ye, to be something close to PTSD. It’s an interesting mix of modern (planes and trains) and antiquated (pirates and witches), which could give it a post-apocalypse feel, but more casts it as a modern parable.
What’s best about Ye is Petreca’s art—the world building, the use of shadow and space on a page, how every panel conveys more meaning and emotion than the sum of its parts. If the lesson itself isn’t jaw-droppingly original, at least the way we get there—through an interesting, hodgepodge world rendered in an artist’s singular style—definitely is. (www.topshelfcomix.com)
Author rating: 7.5/10
Average reader rating: 388/10
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