Graphic Novel Review – Slow Storm by Danica Novgorodoff (4/5 stars)

I haven’t read a ton of graphic novels. Mainly I have read Neil Gaiman’s stuff and scattering of Magna. When I saw this on Amazon Vine it looked interesting and I decided to give it a try.

The artistic style of the graphics wasn’t my favorite. It’s fairly stylized and looks like it was done in watercolor. This style may appeal to a number of people but I thought it was a little too washed out looking.

The story itself involves a woman who is a firefighter and her encounters with a Mexican immigrant during a colossal series of tornadoes. This is also not usually the type of story that I would enjoy, but despite myself I was very drawn to it.

The story is very engaging and you can’t help sympathizing with the characters. I was amazed at the depth of character the characters had, given that this was a graphic novel. Some of the scenes with the Mexican and his god of wanderers were very reminiscent of some of Neil Gaimon’s graphic novel stories.

All in all a great book and I am looking forward to more work from this artist/author.