Readers will find it an impressive lesson.

An informative afterword lets readers hear from Muth about technique and why he would even try to remake Lang: to see what he could learn. Muth's layouts are excellent, creating mise-en-scènes that evoke Lang without copying him, and his figures' “acting” (body language and facial expressions) also serves both story and mood. The watercolors are primarily sepia-toned, with occasional splashes of color for emphasis, giving the project a surreal, dreamlike quality that serves to heighten suspense. Muth Paperback 65.93 Zen Socks (A Stillwater and Friends Book) by Jon J Muth Hardcover 21. Lang's story-an unidentified serial killer stalks children in a small German city-is simple but compelling, allowing Muth's masterful technique to shine through.

Eighteen years later, after popular artists like Alex Ross have cited Muth as a major influence, Abrams has re-released MĪs a hardcover graphic novel, and the deluxe treatment only adds luster to the project. The result, more influential than popular in an era of rampant speculation and chromium covers, was undeniably gorgeous. And when Stillwater encourages Koo, and his friends Addy, Michael, and Karl to help a grouchy old neighbor in need, their efforts are rewarded in unexpected ways. He hewed closely to Lang's original German script, employing a painterly, photorealistic style that evoked the grainy, tinted footage of early talkies. Summer has arrived and so has Koo, Stillwater's haiku-speaking young nephew. Long before Criterion DVDs or the Independent Film Channel-which is to say, in 1990-painter Muth adapted Fritz Lang's classic serial killer tale M

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