The cover of the Sparrowhawk graphic novel. Cover art by Miguel Mercado.
I loved this.
Sparrowhawk is the perfect balance of a dark story told with love and feeling.
Think Alice Through The Looking Glass, but with monstrous Fae versus feelings of tragic bereavement. Deals gone awry and the need to do good – even at the risk of becoming evil.
The author and art team have worked really well together to tell the story of Artemisia (Art), an unwelcome daughter of a financially struggling of British high society who suddenly finds herself thrust into a terrible struggle between two worlds.
The art is wonderful and the bright colours are a great contrast to the dark tones and themes of the story. The use of variable lettering styles throughout the story to highlight the differences between characters and their own changes is brilliant.
This Sparrowhawk graphic novel combines the individual issues from Boom! Studios Sparrowhawk comic run with story by Delilah S. Dawson. Edited by Chris Rosa. Illustrated by Matias Basla. Colour by Rebecca Nalty. Lettering by Jim Campbell. Series designer Michelle Ankley and collection design by Scott Newman. The amazing cover art is by Miguel Mercado.
Sparrowhawk is published by Boom! Studios and will be available from 20th August 2019. (A free digital copy of this book for review purposes was kindly provided by the publisher through Netgalley.)
5 out of 5 stars.
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