Cathedral Child (Paperback)

~ Lea Hernandez (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 112 pages
• Publisher: Image Comics (March 1998)
• ISBN-10: 1887279865
• ISBN-13: 978-1887279864
• Product Dimensions: 7.3 x 5.5 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,240,304 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Slightly scattered, May 20, 2003

By	Heath Row "h3athrow" (Brooklyn, NY USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Originally to be published by the now-defunct and much-missed comics publisher Eclipse, later released as part of Image Comics' "no-line," and now reprinted in one volume by Somerville-based Cyberosia, Cathedral Child is a manga-styled missive that'd reputedly the first volume in a sequence called Texas Steampunk. While there are some steampunk elements present -- a sentient cathedral that communicates via pipe organ -- I found the comic to be slightly scattered. Part lifelong romance, part mystery, and part political powerplay, the story's ideas are important, but the sequence suffers from unclear characterization and too twisted a narrative thread. Hernandez's Author's Notes are helpful, but a comic shouldn't need footnotes to be forthright. That said, the vision is viable. It's the execution that could have been cleaner.

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