Graphic Novel Review: Evelyn Evelyn
Media Type: Graphic Novel
Title: Evelyn Evelyn
Authors: Amanda Palmer, Jason Webley
Illustrator: Cynthia von Buhler
Publisher: Dark Horse
Pages: Hardcover; 144
Release Date: September 14, 2010
Source: NetGalley
Enthusiasts of genuine tragedy and celebrity intrique, gird your mental loins for an authentic tale of unbelievable hardship and epic catastrophe!
This wholly true and accurate account details the extraordinary lives of Evelyn and Evelyn, a darling but unfortunate pair of conjoined twins who brave extreme circumstances of calamity and adversity, such as the bizarre and bloody night of their birth and subsequent orphaning; their early years on a chicken farm; shocking encounters with depraved gentlemen; life in the circus; the terrible fates of their dearest friends; and concluding with the sisters’ rise to international fame via the internet!
Evelyn Evelyn is unlike anything I’ve ever experienced before. Although it’s labeled a graphic novel, it really reads more like a dark picture book. There is one large panel on every two page spread, and the story is told more in pictures than in words. As I said, it’s unlike anything I’ve experienced. There is a gruesome charm to this book, and it drew me in to its pages without even trying.
FTC Disclosure: I received a copy of this book in exchange for a fair and honest review. I was not monetarily compensated for my opinion.