This comic is brilliant, the main character is Asterios Polyp and this comic is darkly humorous. Asterios is a genius intellectual 50-year-old man who has a twin brother, or had, that died at birth. The story is told from his dead twin who shadows his life. The text can be psychological and there are different theories that can be brought about.
Besides the beautiful panels, well executed with detail and colored minimally, everyone in the comic talks distinctly. They have a different style of speech and characterization in the drawing. Points come back into the story that you may have thought you have missed making the comic clever.
Though the characters are all interesting and unique Asterios is the most unique. He sees the universe in a different way and we are stepping into his own analysis of the world.
This story is smart, witty, and extremely well thought out. It will make you think and rethink, in even a perhaps philosophical way. Bravo Mazzucchelli.
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