![]() ![]() Panel designs and lettering and storytelling are all unobtrusively intelligent and quietly inventive, finding new ways to bring out the emotional textures of the tales.Ĭarroll changes her style and approach with each story, but maintains a distinctive voice. Mostly horror or dark fantasy with a strong mythic edge, they experiment with form in order to get at the heart of their narratives. I thought both the print and online works were brilliant comics. ![]() I found a copy of Through The Woods at my local library, after which I read through the short stories on Carroll’s web site. I first stumbled across Carroll’s comics shortly before the Eisner nominations were made public. ![]() Emily Carroll’s up for two Eisners, ‘Best Graphic Album - Reprint’ for her anthology Through The Woods, and ‘Best Short Story’ for her online piece “When the Darkness Presses.” They’re both excellent. I’ve written in the past about Astro City, Sandman: Overture, and Saga I want to take a moment now to write a bit about one of the other nominees. You can find the complete list here, representing some very impressive work. ![]() And now for some utterly uncontroversial awards news: on April 22, the nominees for the 2015 Eisner Awards were announced. ![]()
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