week11) Comics as contemporary literature

I have never seen this great storytelling graphic novel. To be honest his art style is not my taste, although I enjoyed his shape language of characters. If you see only the cover, you might think the colors were too simple compared other artist who painted the drawings with rich colors, it's not well-described drawing with details.. you might be lost where you should find great thing in this book.  However, in terms of visual storytelling, I am sure he could be the one of the tops. 

Especially the part of Asteios and his wife's fist meeting blew my mind. How David showed that they influence each other and how Hana thought the 'spot light' is moving on to her was beautifully illustrated. The reason of simple colors were to show visually to the readers how the characters' thought develops.

Also I liked the part the drawings and text were placed unexpected places. He also developed the the form of square panel so that the drawings could be free in a way to express his aesthetics.