Exit Stage Left
2018 • 168 pages

Ratings9

Average rating4.6

15

The red scare turned pink with this re-imagining of Snagglepuss. It works really well because I can hear snagglepuss' voice and easily imagine him as a Oscar Wilde/Tennessee Williams type of play-write. He blends really well into the red-scare with artists being blacklisted and unable to find work, the cold war (atomic bomb), along with history of LGBT+ doing a bit of a feature on stonewall at that time, and just some interesting bits on hanna-barbera cartoons. That's why I put it also in the historical fiction - it also has some nice details at the end of the book.
It was just a really interesting idea that I think could have worked if the art was better to portray the story.

The story I thought was pretty dramatic and ok. The art really did not keep my interest - I was disappointed that the entire graphic novel was in this style - truly everyone looked pretty creepy.

The cover art style was so good and unique- vibrant with the colors and such a great stylistic take. I was glad the art from the covers were included.

March 25, 2023