MR PUNCH

Copyright © Andrew Farrell

I realise this review may create a bitter taste in the mouths of American readers, due to, DC's bass-ackwards view of how popular Graphic Novels can be, so I'll keep this brief.

Buy This. It's so one of the best Graphic Novels I've ever seen, detailing the childhood memories of an unnamed protagonist. These memories are as full of mysterious hints and shadowed truths as any young child's world is, and are dominated by the symbol Mr. Punch.

The text, including several examples of Neil Gaiman's phenomenal ability to open up minds with simple, true, sentences, are enhanced beyond measure by Dave McKean's phantasmagorical Art, which makes every page a visual treat, and brings out all the horror inherent in a simple Punch & Judy Show. This book is moving and quite simply brilliant, both at once.

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