This style is really interesting. There is a big essay in the back from Baker about how he and Goux went about conceptualizing the captions, and then he reflects on them again in the shorter essay added for the 2018 update. I like them - like getting this extremely detailed and expansive glimpse into all the characters, even ones met very briefly - but they are also very... specific? I think this is the kind of thing I have to be in the right mood for. It's interesting though; a step beyond doing something like popping a character into their bedroom and populating it with objects that help define them. The captions give more of the rationale behind all the things you see on and with the characters. I like it, but it's very weighty.

Goux's art in general feels very careful and precise, which is a funny contrast to these extremely messy characters. I almost felt surprised by them and their mistakes, which are laid on so carefully across the page, in neat panels and detailed full-page splashes.

Yeah. Very interesting! Also shout-out to Silver Sprocket for having their comics available on hoopla.