No, this is a book about profound feeling, it’s about how a place feels. And by that I do not mean it’s out to give you Hickman-esque data pages of a setting, with maps, charts, and other manner of infographics. No, we’ll discuss instead what it does, because what matters isn’t what Grafity’s Wall is, but how it feels.įundamentally, this is a book about a place. And so here I am, writing about it, not necessarily to even try and decode what Grafity’s Wall is, that feels like a pointless exercise. It’s a bizarre sensation, to experience this strange little thing (rather like an American chop suey). And it does it in a way that’s like eating some sort of strange hybrid of cuisines.
It bridges two things I’m intimately familiar with: American comics and Indian culture. What?! What in the name of Horus is this combination?! It’s like having your brain re-wired for a hot second, as you process what this thing you just experienced is. And then that separation is shattered and you’re kinda taken back. You love both, but there’s this separation you have in your mind. It’s a bit like loving dishes from two different cuisines and then eating a dish that somehow bridges both.
It’s a comic that hits me in a way I never quite expected and is wholly bizarre. This is just a slice-of-life comic about people in a real place. It’s not a comic you come to for big plot hooks there are plenty of other books doing that. Listen to the latest episode of our weekly comics podcast!Ī bit of context here: Grafity’s Wall is about four kids in the streets of Mumbai.
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