The Sculptor

The Sculptor is the story of a man living in New York City who unexpectedly gains a superpower—a familiar premise, but this is not a superhero comic. In a way it's more of a return to early stories of this type, like the Invisible Man, in that the hero of the story doesn't act particularly heroic—he just acts like a normal person might.

There's a big discussion embedded in the story about what Art is and what the purpose of Art is, which from the little I've read seems to be a perennial topic of Scott McCloud's work.

Anyway, I thought it was pretty good.

I enjoyed this while reading it but the more I think about it the more pissed off I get, particularly by the Manic Pixie Dream Girl character. Ugh.

Don't even know where to begin. Simply one of the most remarkable graphic novels I've ever read.

Loved this book--swept through it at high speed. Looking back, I don't know that the story is all that deep, but it clearly grabbed me, and the art is just gorgeous. Even as fast as I was going, I'd stop and look back over a page to drink it in.