Review: Gray Horses and Salamander Dream
By Hope Larson
I’ll admit that I read these a while ago, and I still don’t know what to say to convince everyone that they should read it. I was original introduced to Ms. Larson’s work through She’s From Away, a series that hit very close to home for me, about being in a new place and figuring out what being a grownup is all about. She does things with sequential art that you don’t see very often; every page is like a poem. Gray Horses (and Salamander Dream) carry these same themes to a longer format with Ms. Larson’s incredible sense of graphic and narrative grace.
These books blew me away, and changed the way I think about comics. You should own them too.
In the interest of plugging things that deserve plugging, Ms. Larson has a new book out as of a couple of months ago, but I’ve only seen a few pages, so I can only assume that it’s good.
Also, someone out there has a signed copy of Gray Horses with my name on it (literally). I’m checking my mailbox every day wondering when it’s going to show up. You know who you are.