By Daishu Ma
Publisher: Fantagraphic Books
ISBN: 9781606998533
An incredibly simple but effective premise of an industrialised world that has beaten back nature, where a man discovers a strange glowing leaf that alerts his curiosity. With no words, Daishu takes us by the hand and leads us through this soulless cityscape via beautifully drawn panels that capture the expressions, emotions and escapism.
Amazingly, this is Daishu Ma’s first work in print, but it displays a staggering command of the medium as he combines wordless storytelling with brilliant art using just shaded pencil with occasional spot colours. The overall effect is quite remarkable as you’re swept along like the leaf of the title.
And if you liked that: You’ll probably love Shaun Tan’s The Arrival
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