Sweaterweather
First Second
Feb 19, 2016
Issue # 56 - Best of 2015 - Father John Misty and Wolf Alice
Sara Varon’s Sweaterweather is an endearing collection of 18 of the cartoonist’s short stories, some dating back to 2003. Her characters inhabit a magical world where animals grow and shrink at will, a cat can fly just by planting pigeon wings, and rabbits are landlords. People live in perfect harmony with animals-as roommates and friends, rather than owners and pets-in the tranquil tales, which feature just as many culinary canines as artistic turtles. The frequently wordless stories represent exercises in Varon’s training (a 26-panel comic where each frame signifies a letter of the alphabet, for example), and one can chart the evolution of her artistic style over the 126-page book. If the stories lack substance, they make up for it with halcyon sweetness and imagination too often absent from modern comics. (www.firstsecondbooks.com)
Author rating: 6.5/10
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