Title: Lex Talionis: A Jungle TaleDate: January, 2004
Publisher: Image Comics
Writer: Aeurin Wright
Artist: Aeurin Wright
Letterer: Blambot
The first thing I noticed about this book was the odd format, with the spine located at the top of the front cover, rather than on the left.
This is a story of a gorilla attack in an unspecified region of Africa. It's fictional, although it makes mention of the real events surrounding the death of gorilla researcher Dian Fossey in 1985.
The style and pacing of the story give the impression of a hardboiled crime novel, and essentially that is what Lex Talionis is at its heart. It also raises some interesting questions about human and gorilla intelligence and emotion.
The story is simple, but very effective, and Wright's artwork brings the intensity and the violence of the story without excessive gore.
This is a good, tightly constructed short story in graphic form.
Rating: 8/10
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