A review by jakekilroy
Mr. Mendoza's Paintbrush by Luis Alberto Urrea

4.0

What a beautiful story told beautifully. Done in thick, generous strokes and colorings, the thin graphic novel tells the narrator's story and history of the Latin American village of Rosario. It's a quick tale, but elder Mr. Mendoza is a moralistic graffiti artist with one fat paintbrush. It's nostalgic and romanticized, swirling local history and personal history together, all with the tone and tempo of an old man trying to recapture the mystic wonder of his youth. I dug it a whole lot.