The Nice House on the Lake 1

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Eisner Award for Best Writer for "The Department of Truth", "The Nice House on the Lake", "Something is Killing the Children", "Wynd"

read this amazing essay "Fragmentation of the Self" that has nothing to do with a nice house on a lake, but I stole some phrases and ideas from it anyway:A collection of the first six issues, titled The Nice House on the Lake Volume 1, is conveniently scheduled for release on March 15. It works working out well, timing wise, for the series to resume new issues on or after March 15. The human-seeming alien’s eerily calm and bespectacled appearance regularly erupts into a writhing, phantasmagorical mass of gnashing teeth, bone, and flesh. It’s as disturbing as it is visually inspired, made all the more so for the fact that Walter’s eyes, if he even has any, are never seen throughout the series, perpetually obscured behind the eerie reflection of his glasses.

All of the characters are a little hard to keep apart from one another, which is the main reason I'm only giving this 4 stars: I think a cast of characters this large doesn't work well in a graphic novel unless the art style lends well to telling everyone apart, and that isn't the case here. (They're also mostly obnoxious and fairly unlikable people, which is something I weirdly enjoy in stories, but if you don't, YMMV on the overall storytelling.) Unfortunately, with the cast so large, I felt like I didn't really get to fall in love with all of them enough. The casts' relationships with Walter were explored in depth and, strictly by association, with each other, to a point. But when it came time to really feel something for a couple of them, they were still too much removed to feel what needed to be felt for the story to slap me around like it should have.

Couch, Aaron (2022-11-14). "James Tynion IV Launches Dark Horse Comic Book Line (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved 2022-11-14. Walter was giving off some serious serial killer vibes all through the first issue so I was pretty sure I knew what was going to happen when he gathered all of his friends together at that lake house. I'm a bit of a newbie when it comes to graphic novels, so I have little to base my opinions on but I have to say this was one of the most original and exciting things I have ever read. Fra 3,5 e 4. Il primo volume mi aveva convinto di più, ma ci troviamo ancora in presenza di una storia accattivante, impreziosita da alcune soluzioni grafiche eccellenti e che fanno spesso la differenza, anche dove la narrazione tende ad essere COMPLICATA - a volte in modo inutile a mio avviso - più che COMPLESSA. I appreciated the diverse representation amongst the characters. That said, for being a diverse group they were all pretty similar. With the exception of Ryan, everyone in this group is in their 30s, educated, and established in their careers. Yet not one of these people have any children? That's pretty convenient. It's also feels like a missed opportunity. Separating a character from their child would have added another level of horror to the story and helped with the moral and ethical debate the story seems to want readers to be pondering. The closest we ever got to that was Molly mourning her husband Cam.