A review by levitybooks
Perfect Hair by Tommi Parrish
2.0
To me this seems like an aesthetically brilliant 'demo reel' that clearly shows Parrish can use very diverse styles of drawing, because sometimes the same scene was redrawn in pencil or ink line art or coloured in what looks like felt-tip pen.
I found the narrative is too messy and disjointed, it seemed more without structure than poststructualist. I guess I'm also not as interested in body and gender identity as the sole focus of the story, though these features are important themes that would deepen a character that already seems human due to their being described in at least one other perspective other than sexual orientation. I could be wrong though. Hopefully in a larger work this might resemble something that feels like DeForge's 'Big Kids'.
In short, this promises (for me) a lot of aesthetic potential but warns against a narrow and weak narrative focus for Parrish's future work.
I found the narrative is too messy and disjointed, it seemed more without structure than poststructualist. I guess I'm also not as interested in body and gender identity as the sole focus of the story, though these features are important themes that would deepen a character that already seems human due to their being described in at least one other perspective other than sexual orientation. I could be wrong though. Hopefully in a larger work this might resemble something that feels like DeForge's 'Big Kids'.
In short, this promises (for me) a lot of aesthetic potential but warns against a narrow and weak narrative focus for Parrish's future work.