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A review by mattait
Starstruck Deluxe Edition by Michael Wm. Kaluta, Elaine Lee
4.0
Dense, free-wheeling, absurdist space opera which requires close reading, not just because of the coherently incoherent plot, but to enjoy the intricate artwork and multiple visual asides, many of which prefigure plot elements to come and are an essential part of the narrative.
I have vague memories of reading some of this back in the eighties and being largely mystified, although entranced by Kaluta's beautiful art-nouveau-by-way-of-Moebius inflected artwork, and I have to say it makes only slightly more sense now, but that's definitely part of its charm. This is a book that's going to reward multiple re-readings - a rare enough thing.
If I have any complaints they'd be that Lee Moyer's colouring at times overpowers Kaluta's delicate linework, and that the next edition in the (never-ending?) series is likely a long way off...
I have vague memories of reading some of this back in the eighties and being largely mystified, although entranced by Kaluta's beautiful art-nouveau-by-way-of-Moebius inflected artwork, and I have to say it makes only slightly more sense now, but that's definitely part of its charm. This is a book that's going to reward multiple re-readings - a rare enough thing.
If I have any complaints they'd be that Lee Moyer's colouring at times overpowers Kaluta's delicate linework, and that the next edition in the (never-ending?) series is likely a long way off...