DMZ #58
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Art by DANILEL ZEZELJ
Cover by JOHN PAUL LEON
Size: 32 pages
Price: 2.99
This review contains spoilers, click here to read
The penultimate one shot switches the focus to Decade Later and I have to say it's a doozy. Wood spins the tale of the horrors perpetrated on the man in a detention camp, before showing his return to the city and what New York does to heal what was done to him. We see a human being broken down by the extreme pain and degradation done to him, taking him to a place where he feels he has to offer the authorities whatever they want, and who can blame him? However, the man draws a line when they tell him to clean off a mural of New York he draws on his cell wall. He's never erased a piece of art in his life and, because it's what defines him, he can't stop now.
When the authorities can't house him anymore he's booted back out to the city. He's ready for whatever might happen to him now though. If he's killed he accepts it as retribution for his betrayals, but otherwise he soon remembers what the city means to him. Memories of life there, prior to the war, fuel his return to painting. There's a stunning sequence of him drawing a new mural, one that seems to entwine his life's experiences with the city itself. To convey this is an amazing feat by Wood and his artist, Danijel Zezelj. Whether NYC is your home or not, I defy you not to be moved by the final couple of pages, as the meaning is universal. Quite simply it's about how places and homes can define us, because wherever we look we can see a vivid memory. It brought me to an absolute standstill as I read it.
That Zezelj artwork needs a mention all of it's own. I've loved his stuff since books like The Corinthian in the 90s and the Marvel stuff he was doing back then. He's absolutely impossible to define and he's a true original, and I lap up everything he does. It's not exactly detailed but it always seems like he manages to put emotions right down on the page. He's the perfect man for this particular story.
I know DMZ has been around a while, and there are those who feel it's been treading water until it's end. I felt that way myself til about 6 or 7 months ago when Brian Wood managed to focus things again and reinvigorate my passion for the title. It's about a fictional war, but the facts are plain to see, the humanity he writes about is as real as you or me.
Art: 5 - Excellent
Nicely written. I read the first six or seven trades of this series and loved them all. I am waiting for hardcover releases before I continue to read this story because I want this title in my library.
I miss reading this.
Great review, thanks!