August 7, 2023

Hey, new banner! I really like this new one, with the yellow background. I wanted to debut this one so this is a light edition.

In fact, I only have one thing to talk about here, but it is a wild one. It is an Eisner Award nominated graphic novel called Ultrasound, by Conor Stechschulte.

I see that it is also a 2021 movie of the same title, which now goes on my to watch list. I found it on Hulu and I played it on my watchlist. I hope to get to it sometime this week.

What a wild book this is.

This is what was written on the back of the graphic novel. “Following a strange sexual encounter, Glen and Cyndi become entangled in a web of gaslighting, mind control, deception and political intrigue in this dizzying thriller.“

“Who can you trust when your own memory becomes a tool for manipulation.”

This story was amazingly challenging to follow as you are never quite sure what is going on and if it is actually happening. Glen and Cyndi are fascinating characters that are easy to root for, but who are they really? How much of what happened to them actually happens to them? I’m still not 100% sure. I love that kind of uncertainty in my books.

This is an absolutely adult-themed books, with some graphic scenes of a sexual nature. However, that sex scene is vitally important to what goes on in this story. The artwork is good, but the coloring makes it really stand out.

It is 376 pages, but it reads very fluidly. It definitely feels like a graphic novel that could benefit from a re-read. This was a very compelling tale.