The City of Belgium runs for 334 pages of lushly colored, mind boggling art.Īnd, as for the story: it is a journey, but more than a journey through space and time, it is a journey through the psyche to the seat of the soul. A riotous explosion of color and details communicate the overwhelming feelings that accompany this awareness of simultaneity. There might not be any other work that compares in the effectiveness of its conveyance of the feeling of being immersed in the overflowing of city life, of the sense of being aware of everything, of being surrounded by so much – too much – that is happening all around at every moment. Brecht Evens, creator of The Wrong Place, The Making Of and Panther (all of which except for Panther, which was, thankfully, just reprtinted are currently – and shockingly – out of print here in North America) has, in The City of Belgium, likely produced his masterpiece.
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