Comments on: Cybils: Three Shadows, by Cyril Pedrosa http://www.parenthetical.net/2008/10/23/cybils-three-shadows-by-cyril-pedrosa/ YA reviews and book geekery Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:38:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Sam http://www.parenthetical.net/2008/10/23/cybils-three-shadows-by-cyril-pedrosa/comment-page-1/#comment-52805 Sam Fri, 24 Oct 2008 17:18:42 +0000 http://www.parenthetical.net/?p=392#comment-52805 Sara: <i>I wasn't at all squicked by the character design, but that might be because I'm more used to that visual idiom/sensibility. Very French.</i> It did feel foreign, in a way I couldn't quite put my finger on (other than the groovy naked family). What do you mean about the visual idiom/sensibility, though? If I had read more French comics, what would I be familiar with that would make this seem un-squicky? (I'm genuinely curious.) Sara:

I wasn’t at all squicked by the character design, but that might be because I’m more used to that visual idiom/sensibility. Very French.

It did feel foreign, in a way I couldn’t quite put my finger on (other than the groovy naked family). What do you mean about the visual idiom/sensibility, though? If I had read more French comics, what would I be familiar with that would make this seem un-squicky? (I’m genuinely curious.)

]]> By: Sara http://www.parenthetical.net/2008/10/23/cybils-three-shadows-by-cyril-pedrosa/comment-page-1/#comment-52804 Sara Fri, 24 Oct 2008 04:26:21 +0000 http://www.parenthetical.net/?p=392#comment-52804 ps readers may find some of the drawings you reference <a href="http://www.firstsecondbooks.com/threeShadows/threeShadowsGift06.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>. ps readers may find some of the drawings you reference here.

]]> By: Sara http://www.parenthetical.net/2008/10/23/cybils-three-shadows-by-cyril-pedrosa/comment-page-1/#comment-52803 Sara Fri, 24 Oct 2008 04:25:26 +0000 http://www.parenthetical.net/?p=392#comment-52803 I loved this book. It's definately NOT a book for kids, you're right -- I don't think First Second markets it as part of its YA/kids offerings, either. I wasn't at all squicked by the character design, but that might be because I'm more used to that visual idiom/sensibility. Very French. I loved this book. It’s definately NOT a book for kids, you’re right — I don’t think First Second markets it as part of its YA/kids offerings, either. I wasn’t at all squicked by the character design, but that might be because I’m more used to that visual idiom/sensibility. Very French.

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