Luc Schuiten

This science fiction graphic novel shows a surprising coherence despite having been composed over the course of more than a decade, with the earlier parts devised as free-standing vignettes. It is visually sumptuous, and conceptually surreal. The dream-like quality is affirmed in parallel stories involving the artistic use of fog as a medium for durable sculptures. Meditative themes include gender and creativity, as fields within the larger concern of desire. Tying together the separate plotlets are a race of "flitters," winged humanoids living in a liminal reality between the planets of the Hollow Grounds star system, and between the stories of the book. The whole thing is very lovely--it can be read quickly, but it deserves to be savored.… (mehr)