A review by jeffhall
Congress of the Animals by Jim Woodring

4.0

As with last year's Weathercraft, Jim Woodring has delivered another book-length novel set in his imaginary world of the Unifactor, and this time around, the focus is all on his best-known character, the anthropomorphic Frank. Once again, the narrative lacks any dialogue, but certainly does not lack for mystery, adventure, and visual splendor. And better yet, Frank finds a love interest this time around! Woodring's work is so unique that it makes no sense to try and articulate exactly what happens in these pages, but suffice to say that his work is as brilliant as ever, and he continues to expand the definition of just what it is possible to express in the graphic novel format.