Heart in a Box
When the Man with No Name breaks Emma's heart, she wants to die. But you never die from these things; you just want to. In a moment of weakness, she wishes her broken heart away and a mysterious stranger--who may or may not be totally evil--obliges. But emptiness is even worse than grief, and Emma sets out to collect the seven pieces of her heart spread across the country, a journey that forces her to face her own history and the cost of recapturing it, and leads inevitably to a confrontation with the Man with No Name himself!
Reviews:
Heart in a Box serves up a complete story of heartbreak, recovery and the effects those have on the world. Like the butterfly wings of the chaos theory, one person's acts -- random, violent, kind, insincere or hearty -- impact others and multiply in ways and directions that frequently defy description." - Comic Book Resources (CBR)
"This book is magical. It reminds me of so many stories and yet manages to be wholly original. Be good to your heart and grab this comic with both hands." - Big Comic Page
"A slice of life story with magical realism, Heart in a Box is smart storytelling, but it’s also just so very raw. Like real raw." - Women Write About Comics
"With Heart In A Box, Thompson & McClaren pull off the kind of smart story telling and allegory that transcends the genre and medium with a comic that almost anybody could enjoy...Heart In a Box in one of the best comics of 2015 which feels like nothing else in the medium, but is still warm and familiar. It has a casual complexity that is as inviting as it is engaging and emotionally affecting." - Nothing But Comics
"It’s brilliant – so far, it’s one of the two or three best comics I’ve read this year." - Comics Should Be Good
Reviews:
Heart in a Box serves up a complete story of heartbreak, recovery and the effects those have on the world. Like the butterfly wings of the chaos theory, one person's acts -- random, violent, kind, insincere or hearty -- impact others and multiply in ways and directions that frequently defy description." - Comic Book Resources (CBR)
"This book is magical. It reminds me of so many stories and yet manages to be wholly original. Be good to your heart and grab this comic with both hands." - Big Comic Page
"A slice of life story with magical realism, Heart in a Box is smart storytelling, but it’s also just so very raw. Like real raw." - Women Write About Comics
"With Heart In A Box, Thompson & McClaren pull off the kind of smart story telling and allegory that transcends the genre and medium with a comic that almost anybody could enjoy...Heart In a Box in one of the best comics of 2015 which feels like nothing else in the medium, but is still warm and familiar. It has a casual complexity that is as inviting as it is engaging and emotionally affecting." - Nothing But Comics
"It’s brilliant – so far, it’s one of the two or three best comics I’ve read this year." - Comics Should Be Good
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Community Reviews
Damn positive reviews leading me completely astray (insert old man grumbling).
What a flop.
Emma's relationship has come to a screeching halt. Her heart is broken. She wishes her heart away which prompts a strange man(?) to appear to make sure she really wants to do that and she's all like, "Yeah, take my heart and stuff 'cause why should I even care anymore?" Oops. Kind of ends up regretting that and asks the strange man(?) to have it back. Well, that's not how it works, Princess. You need to do a little dirty work and get the pieces of it back yourself. So she treks around the country finding the pieces of her heart, which she just knows where to find because the heart wants to be whole, so she just needs to concentrate. Obviously.
The story is so-so. There are a couple funny-ish moments. Not funny like an audible laugh but maybe a little blip in your brain acknowledging it was pretty funny. There were some sweet moments. I liked Emma well enough and didn't want her to be miserable, so I suppose I somewhat cared about her outcome.
The art. UGH. While I liked Emma's cute ginormous eyes and the fact that her body shape wasn't twig with massive boobies, I felt the rest was a mess. There were so many panels (mostly ones that would involve any kind of movement or action) where I could not even tell what was going on. There were panels that my brain couldn't process as anything other than "uh...shapes? I think?" This definitely distracted me from the story.
2 Stars because I didn't hate this and there was a cat (automatic star)
What a flop.
Emma's relationship has come to a screeching halt. Her heart is broken. She wishes her heart away which prompts a strange man(?) to appear to make sure she really wants to do that and she's all like, "Yeah, take my heart and stuff 'cause why should I even care anymore?" Oops. Kind of ends up regretting that and asks the strange man(?) to have it back. Well, that's not how it works, Princess. You need to do a little dirty work and get the pieces of it back yourself. So she treks around the country finding the pieces of her heart, which she just knows where to find because the heart wants to be whole, so she just needs to concentrate. Obviously.
The story is so-so. There are a couple funny-ish moments. Not funny like an audible laugh but maybe a little blip in your brain acknowledging it was pretty funny. There were some sweet moments. I liked Emma well enough and didn't want her to be miserable, so I suppose I somewhat cared about her outcome.
The art. UGH. While I liked Emma's cute ginormous eyes and the fact that her body shape wasn't twig with massive boobies, I felt the rest was a mess. There were so many panels (mostly ones that would involve any kind of movement or action) where I could not even tell what was going on. There were panels that my brain couldn't process as anything other than "uh...shapes? I think?" This definitely distracted me from the story.
2 Stars because I didn't hate this and there was a cat (automatic star)
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