Shortpants Props!
Check out this amazing review Grant got for To the Mouth of the Source!
"In To the Mouth of the Source, Grant Reynolds pencils a series of connected drawings based on the lyrics of Joanna Newsom. His work features a human-headed creature named Sadie who has cloven hooves for feet. Underneath the often animated Newsom lyrics, Sadie bounds from page to page, gnawing and burying bones. Reynolds creates a playful mood early in the comic as you settle in with an easy rhythm of Sadie carrying bones back and forth. Then suddenly, from the side of the rocky mountain she's perched on, a freight train explodes, just narrowly missing her. This scene totally changes the nature of the story, keeping you slightly off balance for the rest of the comic.
Reynolds does a fantastic job of echoing the lyrics in his images. He uses movement and posture and even the shape of the words, to make the lyrics and pictures work well together. His art conjures up scenes of desolation and desperation.
Midstream in this mini, he switches briefly from Sadie to her winged kin, who also carries a basket full of bones. Then it's back to Sadie who wakes up alone and confused, only to wander through a barren landscape, keeping time with the lyrics. This sounds stark and foreboding; however, Reynolds' mini is also uplifting and rewarding. Yes, you feel Sadie's genuine effort and fear marked by deftly-used startle lines and thick sweat beads. But you also stumble across flashes of surprise and wonder as she discovers a river full of tadpoles.
To the Mouth of the Source was published in July by the Chicago-based Shortpants Press."
Shawn Hoke, The Drama
"In To the Mouth of the Source, Grant Reynolds pencils a series of connected drawings based on the lyrics of Joanna Newsom. His work features a human-headed creature named Sadie who has cloven hooves for feet. Underneath the often animated Newsom lyrics, Sadie bounds from page to page, gnawing and burying bones. Reynolds creates a playful mood early in the comic as you settle in with an easy rhythm of Sadie carrying bones back and forth. Then suddenly, from the side of the rocky mountain she's perched on, a freight train explodes, just narrowly missing her. This scene totally changes the nature of the story, keeping you slightly off balance for the rest of the comic.
Reynolds does a fantastic job of echoing the lyrics in his images. He uses movement and posture and even the shape of the words, to make the lyrics and pictures work well together. His art conjures up scenes of desolation and desperation.
Midstream in this mini, he switches briefly from Sadie to her winged kin, who also carries a basket full of bones. Then it's back to Sadie who wakes up alone and confused, only to wander through a barren landscape, keeping time with the lyrics. This sounds stark and foreboding; however, Reynolds' mini is also uplifting and rewarding. Yes, you feel Sadie's genuine effort and fear marked by deftly-used startle lines and thick sweat beads. But you also stumble across flashes of surprise and wonder as she discovers a river full of tadpoles.
To the Mouth of the Source was published in July by the Chicago-based Shortpants Press."
Shawn Hoke, The Drama
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