Sammy Harkham's epic graphic novel took 14 years to create and captures a Los Angeles — and a movie business — that no longer exists.
The messiness of Seymour’s professional life is paralleled by a chaotic personal life. Seymour and his wife, Ida — who is entirely unimpressed by the movie business — are new parents, and their infant has been steadily eroding their sanity and their sleep. Ida is exhausted and Seymour is too wrapped up in his movie to show much sympathy. He condescends; she bites back: “You always smile when you insult me.
In one scene, a special effects technician goes through the steps required to make a human head explode onscreen. Another takes us to a party at the studio boss’ house, where screenwriters and techs huddle in the kitchen and debate the merits of“I’m not really a horror guy,” says a sound man to a co-worker. “Me neither,” responds the colleague. Yet this is the world they labor in.To these stories, Harkham adds the language of cinema, including intercutting and match cuts .
These visual sequences, in which dialogue is kept to a bare minimum or dispensed with entirely, are among the most powerful in the book — a technique Harkham has deployed to terrific effect in the past. His 2012 collection,
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