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Lapham made his indie-comics bones with the acclaimed Stray Bullets, and moves into the mainstream with this over-the-top effort. Like its predecessor, Young Liars revolves around a cast of entertainingly flawed characters headed by narrator Danny Noonan, a self-destructive rock-musician wannabe obsessively in love with poor-little-rich-girl Sadie Dawkins, whose dangerously erratic behavior is caused by a bullet lodged in her brain. Supporting players include a transvestite junkie, a bulimic former model, a groupie, and a slumming, scheming rich kid. The plot veers as wildly as Sadie’s moods, beginning in the Manhattan rock-club demimonde before the group, en route to a planned art heist in Spain, hops an ocean liner, pursued by a band of malevolent killers hired by Sadie’s father. Rock accompaniment to the action is implicit, and mix-tape suggestions preface each chapter. Lapham’s bold, clear, character-focused art helps to root the messy, sprawling story line. In real life, you wouldn’t want to get within five blocks of these people, but watching their wild ride from a safe distance is an undeniable kick. --Gordon Flagg
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This book will make you irresistible to the object of your desire...,
This review is from: Young Liars: Vol. 1 Daydream Believer (Paperback)
Okay, Young Liars probably won't make you irresistible to the object of your desire, but it will shock you, creep you out, make you laugh, and entertain you from the first page to the last. Lapham has crafted a truly original comic book in Young Liars. The narrator, a hapless and hopeless musician named Danny, warns you from the outset: he's a liar. You can never quite tell whether what's on the page and in the panels is actually happening or whether it's all cooked up in Danny's messed-up head, but that uncertainty just makes the story all the more fun. Lapham's art heightens the question of whether you can trust Danny at all: when Danny waxes rhapsodic over his lady love, Sadie, she takes up more and more of the panel and starts doing more and more outrageous things. Young Liars is a rare bird among graphic novels: a perfect synthesis in which the art and words do equal work in conveying the themes of the work.
Plus, there's always the small chance that Young Liars will make you irresistible to the object of your desire...
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This review is from: Young Liars: Vol. 1 Daydream Believer (Paperback)
Without hyperbole, this is the best, most consistently surprising, and unpredictable monthly comic I've ever read. There's literally nothing like it being created in the U.S. comics industry. Getting five issues for 10 dollars is borderline unfair, given the quality of the art and writing. Buy three copies.
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THIS IS THE BEST BOOK ON THE MARKET!,
By DJSweet (Finger Lakes NY) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Young Liars: Vol. 1 Daydream Believer (Paperback)
This book is an outstandingly absurd, fun, violent and shocking. This will be one of the most original books that has come out since X-Statix.
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