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Review of No One Else by R. Kikuo Johnson
Time passes. Catastrophe hits, but Charlene becomes more and more difficult to read. Her eyes focus on things we are never shown, particularly her laptop screen, which she spends many frames huddled over.
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Review of Seek You: A Journey Through American Loneliness
Seek You says, “You are not special in the abundance of vacant nights and empty ice cream pints you’ve amassed in your lifetime.” But also, the book reassures, “You may be lonely, but so is everyone else.”
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Review of Jamiliti and Other Stories by Rutu Modan
“Jamiliti” is the first story in Modan’s collection and it is, by far, one of the most affecting. The story focuses on Rama, a woman who is in the middle of preparing wedding arrangements with her self-absorbed fiancé, Guri.
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Review of Revival: A Rural Noir, Volume I: You’re Among Friends
In his introduction to the trade paperback, Jeff Lemire poses the question, “What if the ones we love came back?” This is the question the series itself seems to beg. What is gained when our deceased rise again? And what, more importantly, do we sacrifice by letting them live?