But the drawing is wavery-Sfar’s line is so thin and bodiless that it lacks depth the watercolors are so splotchy that I feel like I could wipe away an entire page with one swipe the layouts are slapdash. Klezmer, the first in a series about a band of adventuresome Jewish musicians traipsing through early-20th-century Europe, seems like a good idea, a welcome approach to exploring the continent’s past. With Trondheim, at least, I get the appeal. (Both have over 100 comic books to their credit.) As with most prolific artists, quality control ain’t their strong suit. Both are European, about 40 years old, and hyper-prolific. Klezmer (Book One: Tales of the Wild East) by Joann Sfar (2006): First Second Books has two flagship cartoonists-Lewis Trondheim and Joann Sfar. Nevertheless, the Quiet Bubble radio silence has been lifted… for a few days, anyway.
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