Genio, The Great Intimate Epic of a Gifted Father – Room of Danger –

The vision of someone who has achieved everything in life thanks to his talent and intelligence is usually positive. It is a classic assertive model that everyone will want in their life. But not everything that shines is gold.

Over the years, if you do it right, it gets complicated. Responsibilities increase with uncertainty and questioning everything you thought you knew. The idea that instability is becoming more and more vulnerable doesn’t help. And sometimes talent or intelligence is not enough to solve some problems.

Steven T. Seagle He is one of the bravest writers this media has ever had. It’s rare to find stories of such a personal and autobiographical nature in the mainstream American market. To read his comic is to observe and empathize with conflicts that are personal as well as universal. But for the writer, it shouldn’t be too different from banishing all of his worries and putting them on paper.

Genius It enters the Spanish market by force. And so it overwhelms the soul of any reader who wants to explore this proposition. A work that emotionally envelops the viewer until it finally breaks. tAll this without much fanfare and deception. If there’s one thing that tells this story, it’s a father’s struggle to keep his family from falling apart.

The goal here is to put yourself in the shoes of the gifted boy Ted Marx and share his journey. The choice was made to tell the story in a linear but perfectly measured way combined with moments of abstraction.† In it, the protagonist has to unravel the best kept secret of his cult figure: Albert Einstein. Something that would make everything we thought we knew about physics obsolete.

Despite having very ambitious goals, they are led into the hero’s small family microcosm. Seagle cares more about the effects than the explorations involved in the plot. Achieving this requires an effort of definition and is indeed very comprehensive, something the author does more than achieve.

Because if all internal conflicts are eliminated, there will be a history of overcoming and scientific revolution. Thanks to the chosen point of view, the work is perfectly encapsulated and the facts are coldly analysed, making it seem like a thousand wonders of the story. In any case, all plots would be interesting and sinister enough on their own. But they are stitched together in such a way that the comics prosper.

The most effective and easiest way for the reader to know what’s going on in a character, vocalize† It can be very useful if you know how to use it freely, or it can be cumbersome and unnecessary if you get over it. It has been used with great care here.

The rhythm is also very measured. As a good start, the story has an introduction that focuses on both the theme and the future of the story within a few pages. From then on the story is told piece by piece. There are some delicate but large ellipses that require the reader to fill in the blanks for the plot to follow. Trust the reader’s intelligence. It’s not too chewy and is appreciated when it tends to shine through in the absence of subtext.

Art (how not?) comes from your usual friend: toy kristiansen† This is an artist who knows how to express and experiment with each of the pages, but is also a master of storytelling, incorporating multiple influences such as German Expressionism or 19th century painting. However, it is passed through a simplifying filter until it remains in the smallest expression.

He is an artist of subtleties where a small change in tone or style means a world. It also sets out to have the margins of the pages or to make the symbolic value all-encompassing. It’s amazing how so many creative ideas are showcased on each of the pages without having to highlight their good work for free. He’s an artist who has nothing to prove and doesn’t stop finding concepts and new ways of storytelling. It has no roof.

Geniustherefore, it is one of the most fascinating and complex comics to come out recently. No matter how much it is said, it is a work that can only be understood when experienced personally.† Someone who will come back in time.

Editorial Dolmen presents the work in a fairly affordable volume, but the additional content that complements the course is missing.

Genius Another brushstroke of one of the most rewarding careers ever made. It’s a mature work that doesn’t go easy. But it’s not as exciting and overwhelming as any other comic that has come out in a long time. No empty sentimentality or hollow messages. With the pure obscene power that only the best stories have.