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A review by jodiwilldare
The Nobody by Jeff Lemire
2.0
The Nobody is Jeff Lemire’s take on the classic H.G. Wells tale of The Invisible Man.
In Lemire’s tale the invisible man arrives in Large Mouth (population 754) sporting mummyesque bandages and a troubled past. Of course he captures the attention of Vickie, a bored teen who works in her dad’s diner, and the rest of the town. They don’t cotton to mysterious strangers in Large Mouth.
John Griffen lands in the small town because he’s fleeing the death of his wife and some weird chemistry accident that has rendered him invisible. He spends his time cooped up in a Large Mouth motel trying to forget and come up with an antidote. Vickie brings him food all the time and tries to become his friend. There’s all sorts of weirdness in this tale and when a woman goes missing things get even worse for our invisible man.
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In Lemire’s tale the invisible man arrives in Large Mouth (population 754) sporting mummyesque bandages and a troubled past. Of course he captures the attention of Vickie, a bored teen who works in her dad’s diner, and the rest of the town. They don’t cotton to mysterious strangers in Large Mouth.
John Griffen lands in the small town because he’s fleeing the death of his wife and some weird chemistry accident that has rendered him invisible. He spends his time cooped up in a Large Mouth motel trying to forget and come up with an antidote. Vickie brings him food all the time and tries to become his friend. There’s all sorts of weirdness in this tale and when a woman goes missing things get even worse for our invisible man.
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