Werewolves of Montpellier

I own a Kindle and I like it. I love the concept that it completely destroys the old, "If you were on a desert island what ONE book would you bring." Give me a solar charger and with my Kindle I have over 600 books.

Yet, I will never get over my love of real books. Each is different in feel and design. I admit the first thing that drew me to "Werewolve of Montpellier" was the paper. It's the type of paper you don't see much anymore. It is thick, heavy, really takes the ink very well. The type of paper I'd used if I was collecting Francis Bacon prints. I admit I enjoyed just holding it.

Reading it became also a joy. Jason, the artist, has created an interesting sparse syle. It's very formalized. He doesn't stray ever here from eight panels a page all of the same size. Their is never a sense of clutter in any of his illustrations. Everyone is a stylized funny animal person with Little Orphan Annie eyes. It makes the expressions of the characters intentionally hard to read at times.

The story is about an expatriot in France who sometimes steals jewels. Mostly for kicks, he does it while wearing a werewolf mask so that he frightens anyone who catches him at it. When not doing that, he's just hanging out or pining about the girl across the street. There is nothing hurried about the telling of this tale which is good. In a way it has the feel of some french films. It's here, a tale will be told in time, but really it invites you to just spend time with the characters. It's certainly a nice change of pace.

I'll certainly look for other works by Jason, and I recommend this to you.