![]() ![]() ![]() Heart in a Box has a concept that has an obvious surface level story that can be taken for what it is, but then a deeper, thought provoking story to be found. It’s brilliant in the way that Scott Pilgrim isn’t actually about fighting evil ex’s, but rather the emotional baggage that new relationships bring with them. The premise for the story is pretty brilliant. It works here and so while the story device is played out and overused, it’s still very effective here. To effectively use this device, it needs to be a graphic novel because that gives the story enough time to build towards the scene and the reader enough time to forget the opening. It’s an easy way to get the audience excited about what they’re going to read because otherwise there would be a slow opening building to this moment. It shows you something that’s going to happen later in the comic for it’s opening. The story uses one of the most over used devices in comics. I wanted to read Heart in a Box because of the cover, but the story inside kept me reading. We can all lie to ourselves and say that we don’t judge books by their cover, but I have bought many a bad comics based on their cover and missed just as many good comics because of theirs. ![]() I don’t think I’ve seen a better cover for a graphic novel or comic than Heart in a Box this year. ![]()
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