What They Say:
Marcel has abandoned painting for the glamorous world of criticism. But a monster has returned to Paris with a Faustian offer he cannot refuse. Old wounds will be opened. New wounds will be formed with paintbrush and gun smoke.
Content: (please note that content portions of a review may contain spoilers):
The Picture of Everything Else was one of those books where it doens’t feel like a lot of anything you generally read in comics. There are similar titles to be over the years but they’re few and far between which makes Dan Watters’ entry in it welcome. With the time and place, the characters involved, and the larger mystery of it all, it was a brutal first issue. One that Kishore Mohan put together beautifully in bringing to life (and death), particularly with the color palette used that made it all the more distinctive. While part of me would like to see a rich and vibrant world as it was at the time in reality, something like this fits far better for the story itself.