words perplex me reviewed Night Bus by Zuo Ma
thick ink
4 stars
night bus is a collection of (some of) the work of zuo ma in english translation.
the first thing i noted was that the line work in the drawings is very different from american (or even japanese) artists- thicker and requiring more attention.
stories are poetic and fanciful- sometimes elliptical. also, they are from a different culture than the one i am living in (usa empire). so, it's like reading in a different (visual) language. my imagination was regularly engaged.
i am planning to re-read it once more to better appreciate the subtleties of the storytelling.
