Peace Space Cowboys,
Another installment of Bleed Ink here. I have been meaning to post a lot sooner, but you know what husslin' is like. I'm always trying to stay one step ahead of the "man". Sometimes even 5 steps. But on to the review.
If you read the previous installment you know that Gabriel Moon did the artwork for The Umbrella Academy.
Well in this lesser known work, Moon and Ba are working together. Not surprising. They're brothers.
This piece of work really lets the artistry speak for itself, in very striking, subtle, ways. It is very surprising that two brothers can work so well together. Some brother can;t even be in the same car together. These guys try to outdo each other story to story panel to panel.
All of the stories have the back drop of Brazil in them and they are all separate vignettes that while have no connecting threads they have the core of Brazil as their center. The stories all differ from the slightly gritty realistic to the way out and strange. All the stories have a strong undertone of fantasy though. No matter how realistic and easy to relate to the stories start they always veer off into a dreamlike world of possibilities. Like the Twilight Zone, pretty much anything can happen.
Don't expect the artwork from "Umbrella" in here though. The brothers have very similar styles but neither of them are going for that kind of zany/occult story.
I say pick this one up if you don;t mind softer slower art and stories that are more meditative and introspective than straight ahead. (It's more Blankets than Sin City).
kind of a self portrait.
Bá on the front, Fábio with the hat.
(Flickr)
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