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Book info:
The Crow by James O’Barr | Published 1989 | 240 pages | Adult Graphic Novel, Horror, Supernatural, Paranormal
Summary:
Eric has returned from the dead, driven only by hate and the need to wreak revenge on those who killed him and raped and then killed his beloved Shelly.
“I know pain at the molecular level... it pulls at my atoms ...sings to me in an alphabet of fear.”
“I would have brought the fingers as documentation but he had to eat them also.”
Tonight, hell sends an angel bearing gifts.
“A year ago... a cold October night... a broken down car on a dirt road... a man... a girl... madness... pain... and shadows... my God, the shadows!!”
“Who the hell are you?!” “Santa Claus... and you’ve all been very bad this year...”
“When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions. I’ve allies in Heaven, Jack, I’ve comrades in Hell... Say hello for me.”
“Around around the Sun we go, the Moon goes ‘round the Earth, we do not die of death, we die of vertigo.”
“Go away cat, you make me smile too much.”
“Yes, I’ve come to kneel and worship... this is just another altar... in the church of pain...”
It’s not death if you refuse it... It is if you accept it.
“Do you see my smile in my words, sad and evil? Sad because I am utterly alone. Evil because I am dead and yet I live.”
And my favorite quote from the movie:
“It can’t rain all the time.”
My thoughts:
Read May 17-18, 2016 | 5/5 stars
Since watching the 1994 film adaptation nearly 10 years ago, I’ve been in love with Eric Draven and his vengeance quest. The Crow has been my favorite graphic novel, since pretty much ever. It’s so dark and gritty, but also heart wrenching and beautiful at the same time. James O'Barr has such a unique art style compared to other comics at the time. It switches from hard, heavy lines in the present time, to light beautiful sketches when remembering the past.
This graphic novel really makes me feel throughout the whole book. There isn’t a second where I’m not either angry, or sad, or swooning over O'Barr’s art (and poetic writing style, for that matter). I feel so much for Shelly and Eric that it hurts. I root for Eric the whole time, and sometimes, even feel for the bad guys.
I will say, this may not be for everyone. There are things, darker things, in this gn that aren’t in the movie. There are drugs and violence, obviously, but there’s a lot of self harm, and more-than-just-references to rape. So, I’ve warned you. I will harbor no fault.
I will recommend this to anyone who’ll listen. I believe it’s a deeply important moment in standalone comic history. Go read it. Also, I desperately miss Brandon Lee. Just sayin’.
(Maybe I’ll find a book I don’t love dearly one day. One day…)
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