6/28/2023 0 Comments Taproot graphic novel![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The chill pastel beauty of Taproot is disrupted after the short introductory act by a black and white forest that Blue becomes lost in. We meet Hamal’s best friend Blue, a lonely ghostly teen who goes by April, and a young girl named Joey who Blue and Hamal take in on the first day that they meet. Young’s art is so emotive that the book is immediately moving, not least because Hamal’s spiritual companions are all relatively young. He’s a talented gardener who offers advice to his customers at Takeshi’s Flowers whilst balancing his other special set of skills–because Hamal, well, Hamal can see ghosts. Seeped in a palette of pastel blues and greens with splashes of peach, Taproot’s first act introduces us to Hamal. If you’re lucky, you may have caught Taproot in its original incarnation as a webcomic, but this gorgeous graphic novel printing is completely redrawn and 40 pages longer so fans of the original still have something new to discover. ![]() With Taproot, Keezy Young has created something sweet, sombre, and special that bleeds beauty from the moment you see the opening double-page spread. It may sound hyperbolic but it’s the truth. Taproot is an astoundingly beautiful book, I just have to start by saying that. Taproot: A Story About a Gardener and a Ghost Keezy Young (Writer and Artist), AW’s Tom Napolitano (Letterer) ![]()
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