Britten and Brulightly

The grim, existential and hopeless tone of this story very well matches the artwork accompanying it. The art is very pretty, very dark and gloomy. I’m not sure I can get behind the hand written typeface used in both parts as they are a little hard to read; one being a cursive hand and the other being an all uppercase hand. Otherwise this graphic novel is pretty visually pleasing. Unfortunately, story-wise, this one’s a little hard to follow. The characters are peculiar, which is not a bad thing. But as all of the characters are revealed, (his partner is a teabag?) things get a little confusing and the subplots get mixed up. I just feel like the plot and the ending could’ve been a little clearer. As in, the scene where the main character is laying on a bed surrounded by pill after having burned all of his life’s work, and he’s thinking pretty depressed things. Is he thinking of killing himself? It definitely felt like it. Whatever the actuality, I enjoyed the dark watercolor style of this graphic novel, and maybe it was a little too gloomy for me right now.