NEW ENGLAND LITERARY NEWS
A new graphic book by artist Dan Mazur, poetry from Vermont-based Elizabeth Powell, and a forest of bookish trees at the Concord Museum
By Nina MacLaughlin Globe Correspondent,Updated December 17, 2020, 2:51 p.m.
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Cambridge native Dan Mazurâs magic new book âLunaticâ (Ninth Art) is an elegant, moving wordless story of a womanâs ardent relationship with the moon. The illustrations move from her infancy to her adulthood, as she tilts her gaze upwards, dreamy and yearning, to see a companion peering back down at her. She devotes herself to its study at university, and launches herself towards it in more literal ways. The atmosphere of illustration shifts as time moves; Mazur, a co-founder of the Boston Comics Roundtable and the Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo, uses ink washes, pencil and nib pen, acrylic paints, giving each lifestage a distinct energy. The main character has a force and vitality to her, a