Midnight Sun has now been out for about five months and I keep thinking that I’ve seen the last review of the book pop up online, but here are a few extras that arrived in my Gmail box courtesy of Google alerts. First up is from Ray Ellis over at BlogCritics.org.
At its heart, Midnight Sun isn’t about a desperate rescue mission, or about coming to grips with one’s mortality or even about a final shot at redemption. It’s more about how events, seemingly unrelated, converge and influence each other, making for larger, equally unrelated events. Towle paints the story in stark lines, accentuated by minimal gray washes, creating an effect that reflects both the growing desperation of the stranded explorers and the edgy boredom of the rescuers and the reporter.” (Read more…)
… And another from Claudia Gremler at ReadMe.cc:
These drawings show a distinctly human touch which again contrasts Towle’s work with the hero worship so commonly observed in the treatment of the topic of exploration yet the tragic dimension of the expedition is not diminished. (Read more…)
I’m currently hard at work on a new GN of my own as well as handling penciling and inking on a book for Hyperion, but it’s great to see that folks are still picking up Midnight Sun and enjoying it.
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