John Morris has posted a lengthy review of Midnight Sun on his blog, CreativeKungFu. John has a lot of good things to say about the book, but in the interest of full disclosure, this probably isn’t the most objective review out there. See, John and I have known each other for years, having first met as students at NC’s Davidson College in the late 80s. We were later bandmates in Come on Thunderchild and its earlier incarnation, Elextroluxe. Since then, music’s taken a back seat for me, but John continues to perform in a mind-boggling array of Charlotte-area bands including The Alternative Champs, Tyre Fyre, Snagglepuss, and Nighthawk.
One thing that John mentions that I’m glad to see touched upon is the humorous aspects of the story. Midnight Sun is for the most part a straight drama, but like any genuine representation of human goings-on, there’s intended to be some humor there as well. With “serious” graphic novel memoirs getting a lot of attention from legit press, there’s been a sort of backlash among fans of comics’ pulpy, raunchy, funny qualities that’s given rise to an unfortunate perceived division between folks who like “serious” comics and those who deem anything that’s non-funny pretentious.
Also, John’s a pretty kick-ass painter and figure artist, so have a look at the art on CreativeKungFu while you’re there.
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