Trivia About Exit Wounds. I haven't read any of his stuff but I think being a comics artist himself meant his questions were more illuminating. Beautiful artwork and unique story. It's not story with any sentimentality or overt politics, but there's a lot to discover here. There are some really great moments strung throughout the graphic novel and the last panel of the book left me feeling hopeful and terrified, which is how I imagine a lot of the Middle East must feel most of the time. .jpg "exit wounds rutu modan")
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Her design sensibility is solid enough, but her claire ligne is piss-poor. The art work is like nothing I've really seen before, yet not so foreign as to be distracting. The first chapter it's Numi and Koby talking on a park bench.
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However, it isn't Zionist in the same way that many pro-Israelites are. The art is not that interesting, and the story is not that profound.
In a weird way this seems to me an all mixed eexit retelling of Jane Woundw, with its plain heroes, one wealthy, one poor, and the mystery person in the attic very metaphorical and something of a stretch, but why not. Modan takes her characters across Israel and through a variety of different Israeli social strata as the search progresses. In a scene in the cafeteria, the damage from the explosion hangs at the top of a panel there to remind the reader without distracting from the story.
I've read this same plot in many other books and graphic novels in particular, it seems. Originally posted on SpecFic Junkie.
I can definitely understand that opinion, and I couldn't agree with it less. Reluctantly, Koby accompanies Numi on This graphic novel probably deserves much more analysis than I'll give it here, but deserves a spot on every comic-enthusiast's shelf. May 26, Felicia rated it really liked it. It's a bit unsettling for me as an American, living in an era where exxit are being gunned down in schools and seeing the outrage over it, to read this graphic novel that portrays Israelis as becoming numb to all the death and suicide bombings that occur so often.
Jun 25, Bruce rated moxan liked it Shelves: We see an adult who hasn't had contact with his father in some time and a random stranger comes up to him to tell him she thinks he was killed in a suicide bombing, although she has no proof.
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Books by Rutu Modan. Banal as Meltzer's book was, its insipid action sequences were at least buoyed by Rags Morales' television style. He's basically not growing up because he can't let go of his father. The second, Koby and his aunt, carrying groceries and talking. Mar 30, Hamad rated it it was ok. It presents both the day in the life of modern day religiously segregated Israel with all of its fears and struggles as well as that mldan a specific tragic incident when it is not known whether a father and a lover survived a recent blast.
Aug 29, Kirstie rated it really liked it Recommends it for: The intensity of the mystery is diluted by the interludes of characterization.
Just like the sabra But the moda ends abruptly and after a few days of brooding, the youngster goes back in pursuit of her. Exit Wounds by Rutu Modan. Anyone concerned by my recent dissing of Brad Meltzer's Identity Crisis as too much bother over a comic book would do well to contrast Modan's work here. Rutu Modan easily deserves a seat with Dash Shaw, Jeffrey B One of these reviewers pointed out that the artwork isn't that great, and the story isn't that profound. The language and woynds story had a genuine Israeli flavour unlike so many stories set here written by visitors with a personal agenda who think they know Israel but see only the 'big themes' and miss the real life.
A longer piece would have allowed the subtle details of character and hints at background stories build into wound portraits. Modan has managed something rare in this medium- to write with passion without falling back into introspective and self indulgent auto-biography.
The style doesn't serve to enhance the story and is just kind of bland. We'd finish the fight we'd been having our whole lives and then he would finally apologize. The characters are well fleshed out and absolutely imperfect.
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