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The Junction
When a missing child, Lucas Jones, reappears on his Uncle’s doorstep in his hometown of Medford after an absence of 12 years, the brief moment of joy is clouded by mystery. Where has he been? Where is his father who disappeared at the same time? And how is it possible that Lucas is still 11 years old? As Lucas is uncommunicative, it is left to Detective Sergeant David King and child psychologist Jean Symonds to attempt to find some answers from the few belongings Lucas returned with; little more than four Polaroids and a personal journal which speaks of his time in a place called ‘The Junction’. The story unravels through interviews, medical and police reports, and ultimately, through visits to The Junction via the pages of Lucas’ diary, jumping back and forth in time, revealing pieces of the puzzle in a mystery that keeps the reader guessing right up until the end.
170 pages, Kindle Edition
First published May 25, 2020
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August 6, 2024
kayıp kıta'dan okuduğum ilk kitaptı. baskı kalitesine de bayıldım
July 11, 2023
Some cool concepts and weird ideas and a compelling core mystery, but it left too many things hanging and unanswered and lacked in choices and agency of the cast. In the end, it was just weird for the sake of it.
Two and a half.
Two and a half.
December 30, 2022
Touching, beautiful, eerie, imaginative, thought-provoking. I really enjoyed The Junction and can't wait to see what Norm Konyu creates next.
August 29, 2023
Wat een meer dan fijne graphic novel, erg gaaf dit!
Zacht, aandoenlijk, atmosferisch, maar ook een tikje spooky verhaal over rouw, waarin grenzen tussen hier en daar, toen en nu vervaagden. Norm Konyu wist echt een heel bijzondere magisch realistische sfeer te creëren. Zijn tekenstijl, die de sfeer alleen nog maar meer onderstreepte, bestond uit grafische lijnen, beetje hoekig, maar tegelijkertijd ook vol subtiele details waardoor de personages helemaal tot leven kwamen. En dan zijn kleurgebruik, ik hield ervan... warm en levendig door de techniek die hij had gebruikt.
Voor een inkijkje: https://www.instagram.com/p/CwiDvNkoKXZ/
Zacht, aandoenlijk, atmosferisch, maar ook een tikje spooky verhaal over rouw, waarin grenzen tussen hier en daar, toen en nu vervaagden. Norm Konyu wist echt een heel bijzondere magisch realistische sfeer te creëren. Zijn tekenstijl, die de sfeer alleen nog maar meer onderstreepte, bestond uit grafische lijnen, beetje hoekig, maar tegelijkertijd ook vol subtiele details waardoor de personages helemaal tot leven kwamen. En dan zijn kleurgebruik, ik hield ervan... warm en levendig door de techniek die hij had gebruikt.
Voor een inkijkje: https://www.instagram.com/p/CwiDvNkoKXZ/
August 28, 2023
Son zamanlarda okuduğum en iyi grafik romanlardan biri. Erken dönem M. Night Shyamalan filmlerinden birini izlemek gibi.
June 25, 2022
Such an eerie, imaginative, beautiful story. Everything on 'The Junction' is just perfect, from the art to the story and characters.
Both sad and sweet, Norm Konyu does a wonderful job on creating a profound and though-provoking gem of a graphic novel, where the colorful art works as a charm. I understand why some people have a different opinion on this, thinking that the story actually demands for something visually much darker, but I actually disagree. I found the contrast just wonderful, specially because I think that, regardless of how mature the themes here really are, this approach also make them easily accessible for younger audiences.
In any case, this is a masterpiece, full of sensibility and magic. Read it.
Both sad and sweet, Norm Konyu does a wonderful job on creating a profound and though-provoking gem of a graphic novel, where the colorful art works as a charm. I understand why some people have a different opinion on this, thinking that the story actually demands for something visually much darker, but I actually disagree. I found the contrast just wonderful, specially because I think that, regardless of how mature the themes here really are, this approach also make them easily accessible for younger audiences.
In any case, this is a masterpiece, full of sensibility and magic. Read it.
September 11, 2023
3.5'tan 3 yıldız, elim 4'e gitmedi.
Kötü bir eser değil kesinlikle, hatta ortalama üzerinde, fakat sanırım kurgunun özünü ve gizemleri tam tatmin edici bulamadım. Karanlık gibi görünen ancak tam da karanlık olamayan bir döngüsü var hikâyenin. Karakterlerle senkronize de olamadım. Bir de bu çizim tarzı bir noktadan sonra sıkıcı ve düz geliyor bana.
Baskı kalitesi güzeldi, Kayıp Kıta'ya teşekkürler.
Kötü bir eser değil kesinlikle, hatta ortalama üzerinde, fakat sanırım kurgunun özünü ve gizemleri tam tatmin edici bulamadım. Karanlık gibi görünen ancak tam da karanlık olamayan bir döngüsü var hikâyenin. Karakterlerle senkronize de olamadım. Bir de bu çizim tarzı bir noktadan sonra sıkıcı ve düz geliyor bana.
Baskı kalitesi güzeldi, Kayıp Kıta'ya teşekkürler.
April 29, 2022
Featuring a unique illustration style for a graphic novel, THE JUNCTION is a spooky, twisty story that keeps readers guessing. I ended up enjoying this one more than I was expecting to.
January 22, 2024
De 11 jarige Lucas raakt vermist en duikt ruim 10 jaar later weer op zonder een dag ouder geworden te zijn . Zijn dagboek en tekeningen geven stukje bij beetje een tragisch geschiedenis prijs. Mooi verhaal over verlies in een even mooie stijl vormgegeven.
September 18, 2023
Amerikan sinemasından aşina olduğumuz tarzda bir gizemi var bu kitabın. Emre Yavuz, erken dönem Night Shyamalan filmlerine benzetmekte haksız değil. Biraz The Others, biraz Altıncı his havası eklenmiş versiyonu gibi.
Kitabın gizeminin ve hikayesinin büyük iddiaları yok. Hatta bir noktada finali idrak edip gelişmeleri izlemeye başlıyorsunuz. Bi kaç havada kalan nokta var elbette. Fakat bu hikaye kurgusunda bilerek bırakılmış noktalar mı yoksa hikaye toparlanamamış mı emin değilim. Oyum ilk seçenekten yana.
Kitabın hikaye ile karşılaştırınca çizgi tarzına çok adapte olamadım. Fazla grafik, çok vektörel. Bazen karakterlerin ifadeleri, hissettikleri bu çizim tarzıyla ifadelere çok yansımıyor. Finalde çizerin profeyonel bir animasyoncu ve büyük yapım şirketleri için iş ürettiğini okuyunca, tarzının belirli bir deneyimden geldiğini de fark ettim.
Çok keyifli bir pazar okuması ya da yolculuk kitabı olabilir. Görevi ve misyonunun tam karşılığı bir kitap.
Son olarak Kayıp Kıta, sana laflar hazırladım. Ucuz ama gramajı yüksek mat kağıda grenli ve flu baskıyı yapan matbaayı çok aradınız mı? Astigmat lobisiyle mi ortaksınız? Etmeyin.
Kitabın gizeminin ve hikayesinin büyük iddiaları yok. Hatta bir noktada finali idrak edip gelişmeleri izlemeye başlıyorsunuz. Bi kaç havada kalan nokta var elbette. Fakat bu hikaye kurgusunda bilerek bırakılmış noktalar mı yoksa hikaye toparlanamamış mı emin değilim. Oyum ilk seçenekten yana.
Kitabın hikaye ile karşılaştırınca çizgi tarzına çok adapte olamadım. Fazla grafik, çok vektörel. Bazen karakterlerin ifadeleri, hissettikleri bu çizim tarzıyla ifadelere çok yansımıyor. Finalde çizerin profeyonel bir animasyoncu ve büyük yapım şirketleri için iş ürettiğini okuyunca, tarzının belirli bir deneyimden geldiğini de fark ettim.
Çok keyifli bir pazar okuması ya da yolculuk kitabı olabilir. Görevi ve misyonunun tam karşılığı bir kitap.
Son olarak Kayıp Kıta, sana laflar hazırladım. Ucuz ama gramajı yüksek mat kağıda grenli ve flu baskıyı yapan matbaayı çok aradınız mı? Astigmat lobisiyle mi ortaksınız? Etmeyin.
March 29, 2023
I really like speculative fiction. Part of that is how well suited it is to exploring theology and philosophy. But even when it's not doing that, it's still probably going to be wild and trippy and amazing.
That's this graphic novel.
It doesn't really have a lot to say.
It's just like, hey, what if someone got lost in their grief and ended up living in a different reality as a result?
I don't think the story holds up to very serious philosophical analysis. But I don't think it's supposed to. It's supposed to be a window into what grief and loss are like to experience, not an exploration of how we should respond to grief.
And as that window: man, it's just so good. So effective - the last twist especially. It's so unassuming, but also just the perfect bow on the whole thing.
That's this graphic novel.
It doesn't really have a lot to say.
It's just like, hey, what if someone got lost in their grief and ended up living in a different reality as a result?
I don't think the story holds up to very serious philosophical analysis. But I don't think it's supposed to. It's supposed to be a window into what grief and loss are like to experience, not an exploration of how we should respond to grief.
And as that window: man, it's just so good. So effective - the last twist especially. It's so unassuming, but also just the perfect bow on the whole thing.
April 26, 2022
I really loved this and connected with it in some ways. I won't say much more because I don't want to spoil anything. It was fascinating and so good.
April 15, 2025
WOW, what a ride! This was just so good! I thought I would read some more of this author/artist after Downlands, when having the choice between Cthulhu and this one, well, this one shouted harder. I loved the art. Loved the story. Loved the twists and turns. Highly recommended!
April 14, 2024
That was really well done.
October 21, 2025
Great combination of two of my favorite things: graphic novels and creeping dread. Plus the pretty illustrations. ❤️❤️💕
October 19, 2025
Tout aussi bien que Downlands !!
Vrmnt fan de ces univers entre réalité et fantastique avec des personnages perdus aux frontières.
+bien qu’étrange j’adore son style graphique je pense que je lirai toute son œuvre à l’avenir !
Vrmnt fan de ces univers entre réalité et fantastique avec des personnages perdus aux frontières.
+bien qu’étrange j’adore son style graphique je pense que je lirai toute son œuvre à l’avenir !
June 24, 2025
this reminds me of stranger things with a bit of stephen chbosky's imaginery friend.
a boy returns to his town 12 years later after disaappearing at age 11, and he's still 11 years old!
I loved the format this took: a mixture between interviews with the boy after he returned and journal entries of where he actually was. I'd love to see more of this world or even to see it adapted!
a boy returns to his town 12 years later after disaappearing at age 11, and he's still 11 years old!
I loved the format this took: a mixture between interviews with the boy after he returned and journal entries of where he actually was. I'd love to see more of this world or even to see it adapted!
June 3, 2022
I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
This is one of those graphic novels that has all sorts of buzzwords assigned to it. In reviews you'll read 'charming', 'gorgeous', 'beautiful' etc ... and, honestly, I sat there thinking 'How in the world can a graphic novel be charming?'
But it is.
It's also probably my favourite graphic novel that I've ever picked up. From start to finish it literally is all of those buzzwords and so many more. The Junction is utterly wonderful, charming (honest), moving and just one of those books that stays with you. It has so much going for it that I feel reviewing it in any proper way is just such a hard task (hence why this will be short). As, and this is going to sound very odd, it's one of those books that touches each person differently and will leave you with different memories of it.
The art work is delightful and simplistic in a way that works so well that I couldn't fathom a more detailed art style ever being used for this. The story being told has layers and depth, the characters are all very believable and everything that happens, despite nothing happening in an action-packed way (it's not that kind of graphic novel), has you hanging on for more and leaves you not wanting to put the book down.
The story of Lucas Jones and his bizarre disappearance and re-emergence is one that I honestly wish I could read again for the first time.
If you get a chance to pick this up, and you want something a little different in your comics than the usual superheroes, zombies or war spectaculars, grab this with both hands and don't let it go until you've finished.
This is one of those graphic novels that has all sorts of buzzwords assigned to it. In reviews you'll read 'charming', 'gorgeous', 'beautiful' etc ... and, honestly, I sat there thinking 'How in the world can a graphic novel be charming?'
But it is.
It's also probably my favourite graphic novel that I've ever picked up. From start to finish it literally is all of those buzzwords and so many more. The Junction is utterly wonderful, charming (honest), moving and just one of those books that stays with you. It has so much going for it that I feel reviewing it in any proper way is just such a hard task (hence why this will be short). As, and this is going to sound very odd, it's one of those books that touches each person differently and will leave you with different memories of it.
The art work is delightful and simplistic in a way that works so well that I couldn't fathom a more detailed art style ever being used for this. The story being told has layers and depth, the characters are all very believable and everything that happens, despite nothing happening in an action-packed way (it's not that kind of graphic novel), has you hanging on for more and leaves you not wanting to put the book down.
The story of Lucas Jones and his bizarre disappearance and re-emergence is one that I honestly wish I could read again for the first time.
If you get a chance to pick this up, and you want something a little different in your comics than the usual superheroes, zombies or war spectaculars, grab this with both hands and don't let it go until you've finished.
August 6, 2022
This was an eerie, haunting story with absolutely gorgeous art. It’s an unusual style for a graphic novel, but it works so well. The characters do not have much in the way of features, so expressions are rendered in the tilt of a head or a subtle change in the semi-circle of a mouth. And there is so much in the textures and layering of color. It looks simplistic but it has depth.
To the story - Lucas vanished when he was 11, then returned 12 years later, still 11. He kept a diary that investigators hoped would hold clues, but seems to be nonsense.
I thought I knew what the big reveal was, but I was wrong. Close, but not quite. Konya does something unexpected, and I could not stop thinking about it.
To the story - Lucas vanished when he was 11, then returned 12 years later, still 11. He kept a diary that investigators hoped would hold clues, but seems to be nonsense.
I thought I knew what the big reveal was, but I was wrong. Close, but not quite. Konya does something unexpected, and I could not stop thinking about it.
April 10, 2022
I dig the alternative style of art but the story is just really average. *shrug*
October 30, 2023
Konu, çizim, karakterler hepsi çok güzeldi. Her sayfaya bir süre bakmak gerekiyor. Güzel bir çalışma, tavsiye ederim.
April 16, 2024
2,5/5 sterren
March 10, 2024
Wow. I have had this graphic novel on my bookcase for a couple of years now. It has been patiently waiting for me to pick it up. When I first stumbled across it, I have to admit that it was the cover which initially drew me in. When I read the synopsis of the story, that then intrigued me, and so with no real awareness of how this book came to be, or Konyu's work, I took a punt and I ordered it. I am so glad that I follow my shallow responses to book covers now, as this was a brilliant read.
I think graphic novels and comics don't always get the recognition that they deserve. I think that, for some, they feel that when you reach adulthood, you really shouldn't be reading books with pictures in. That's for kids. Well, if we stuck to this crazy logic, adults would miss out on books such as this.
The Junction is a beautiful, and strange book in so many ways. First of all, the art is utterly brilliant. The style and the colouring is just spot on. The way that the text is arranged in each cell is also intuitive, making the reading experience all the better. But what makes this graphic novel go completely out of the park is the story. Lucas Jones, an 11 year-old boy who goes missing, only to reappear 12 years later. The only thing is, he hasn't aged in all of that time. How can this be?
The story of Lucas completely captivated me. There is a quote on the front cover of the book which says, "Gorgeous in every way. Hallucinatory, moving, and mesmerizing." For once, this is a quote to plug the book which actually perfectly sums up the book, the story, everything. The Junction is a strange tale but it is one which will haunt you. I pretty much read it in one sitting, as once I had started it I didn't want to leave - on reflection, this may be a bit ironic, given what the story is about...
I would recommend this book to anyone. Even if you don't usually read graphic novels - in fact, then I would urge you to give it a go even more; it may just surprise you and make you realise what you've been missing by not giving this genre a go.
Beautiful - this is one book which is going to be staying on the bookcase, as it is somewhere I'd love to go back to one day.
I think graphic novels and comics don't always get the recognition that they deserve. I think that, for some, they feel that when you reach adulthood, you really shouldn't be reading books with pictures in. That's for kids. Well, if we stuck to this crazy logic, adults would miss out on books such as this.
The Junction is a beautiful, and strange book in so many ways. First of all, the art is utterly brilliant. The style and the colouring is just spot on. The way that the text is arranged in each cell is also intuitive, making the reading experience all the better. But what makes this graphic novel go completely out of the park is the story. Lucas Jones, an 11 year-old boy who goes missing, only to reappear 12 years later. The only thing is, he hasn't aged in all of that time. How can this be?
The story of Lucas completely captivated me. There is a quote on the front cover of the book which says, "Gorgeous in every way. Hallucinatory, moving, and mesmerizing." For once, this is a quote to plug the book which actually perfectly sums up the book, the story, everything. The Junction is a strange tale but it is one which will haunt you. I pretty much read it in one sitting, as once I had started it I didn't want to leave - on reflection, this may be a bit ironic, given what the story is about...
I would recommend this book to anyone. Even if you don't usually read graphic novels - in fact, then I would urge you to give it a go even more; it may just surprise you and make you realise what you've been missing by not giving this genre a go.
Beautiful - this is one book which is going to be staying on the bookcase, as it is somewhere I'd love to go back to one day.
January 21, 2024
The Junction uniquely expressive art style paired with its page-turning mystery delivers a thriller worth the time. The premise is deceptively simple; a boy goes missing and twelve years later he returns... exactly the same age as when he disappeared. This boy, Lucas, claims to have spent all that time in Kirby Junction. A place that doesn't exist.
Junction's strength stems twofold; its somewhat minimalist art style (plus the text formatting) along with its pace at unfolding mysteries. The art is surprisingly expressive with its characters and the world is fittingly dreamlike when in Kirby Junction. Lucas drives the story as he adjusts to being back while we also see a great many flashbacks to what happened in Kirby Junction. Each chapter peels back a mystery as to what's happening. Kirby Junction is the draw of this miniseries. Its bizarre state juxtaposes well with the disbelief adults have in the "real world" story.
An issue I noticed with The Junction is the secondary characters aren't overly fleshed out and lack agency. However the story makes it explicitly clear from the get-go this is all about Lucas. What happened to him, how much information he is willing to give when prodded, and what he plans to do next. The characters react to Lucas. So I chalk it up to a minor issue at most.
Overall The Junction delivers a fun mystery for the reader to unravel. With an ending that is satisfactory, even if it leaves some loose ends just as life does.
Junction's strength stems twofold; its somewhat minimalist art style (plus the text formatting) along with its pace at unfolding mysteries. The art is surprisingly expressive with its characters and the world is fittingly dreamlike when in Kirby Junction. Lucas drives the story as he adjusts to being back while we also see a great many flashbacks to what happened in Kirby Junction. Each chapter peels back a mystery as to what's happening. Kirby Junction is the draw of this miniseries. Its bizarre state juxtaposes well with the disbelief adults have in the "real world" story.
An issue I noticed with The Junction is the secondary characters aren't overly fleshed out and lack agency. However the story makes it explicitly clear from the get-go this is all about Lucas. What happened to him, how much information he is willing to give when prodded, and what he plans to do next. The characters react to Lucas. So I chalk it up to a minor issue at most.
Overall The Junction delivers a fun mystery for the reader to unravel. With an ending that is satisfactory, even if it leaves some loose ends just as life does.
May 15, 2022
In 1984 11 year old Lucas and his father disappeared without a trace. Fast forward to 1996 when Lucas reappears without his father but there is mystery surrounding Lucas’ reappearance because Lucas is still 11 years old and hasn’t aged a day. The only potential clues as to Lucas’ whereabouts are contained in a diary he kept in an exercise book which was found in his belongings. As Lucas won’t speak his therapist asks him to continue writing in his diary and drawing pictures so his movements during his time away can be pieced together. Lucas does indicate that he has been living in Kirby Junction, but that place doesn’t exist. What happened to Lucas? Where has he been? Why has he not aged a day? Where is Lucas’ father?
As a child I loved to read comics and graphic novels and recently I’ve wanted to start getting back into reading more of them. When the invitation arrived to review The Junction and it was pitched as something fans of Stranger Things would love I jumped at the chance to read it. The story sounded interesting and the illustrations that I saw were intriguing. As soon as I picked it up it reignited my love of comics and graphic novels. I absolutely adored this read and after I had finished reading I found myself flicking back through the pages to appreciate the story and artwork further.
From the outset there was this eerie atmosphere around Lucas and where he’d been. That eerie feeling stayed with me until I’d finished the book. I was a little sad when the book was over because I wanted to see what would happen to Lucas next. The story included a mix of intrigue and a dash of the thriller genre thrown in. I could have never guessed the ending and it’s a graphic novel with a storyline that I don’t think I’ll easily forget. One thing I liked about this graphic novel was the section at the end which explored the scenes behind The Junction where the author talked about the artwork and story process.
If like me you love graphic novels or want to read one for the first time then I would recommend The Junction as it is perfect for established fans of the genre or those who are discovering it for the first time.
As a child I loved to read comics and graphic novels and recently I’ve wanted to start getting back into reading more of them. When the invitation arrived to review The Junction and it was pitched as something fans of Stranger Things would love I jumped at the chance to read it. The story sounded interesting and the illustrations that I saw were intriguing. As soon as I picked it up it reignited my love of comics and graphic novels. I absolutely adored this read and after I had finished reading I found myself flicking back through the pages to appreciate the story and artwork further.
From the outset there was this eerie atmosphere around Lucas and where he’d been. That eerie feeling stayed with me until I’d finished the book. I was a little sad when the book was over because I wanted to see what would happen to Lucas next. The story included a mix of intrigue and a dash of the thriller genre thrown in. I could have never guessed the ending and it’s a graphic novel with a storyline that I don’t think I’ll easily forget. One thing I liked about this graphic novel was the section at the end which explored the scenes behind The Junction where the author talked about the artwork and story process.
If like me you love graphic novels or want to read one for the first time then I would recommend The Junction as it is perfect for established fans of the genre or those who are discovering it for the first time.
September 19, 2020
Lucas disappeared when he was eleven years old. A dozen years later he turns up in his home town and hasn’t aged a day. His aunt and uncle, the police, and a psychiatrist all attempt to get to the bottom of where Lucas has been and how it can be that he’s still eleven. But Lucas is withdrawn and deeply troubled, and so piecing together what’s happened is going to take patience and an open mind.
The Junction is a unique book, with a striking cartoon style that owes a lot to the author’s design skills. Interestingly, the characters’ minimalistic presentation means their features betray very little. This forces the reader to delve deeper into their own responses. It creates a strange and eerie atmosphere that perfectly fits the book’s mood.
It tentatively dances on the fringes of horror, bear-hug’s the mysterious, and successfully steers around any schmaltz that it could so have easily fallen in to.
As Norm Konyu’s first graphic novel, The Junction is an outstanding piece of work and it deserves much more attention than it’s had to date.
The Junction is a unique book, with a striking cartoon style that owes a lot to the author’s design skills. Interestingly, the characters’ minimalistic presentation means their features betray very little. This forces the reader to delve deeper into their own responses. It creates a strange and eerie atmosphere that perfectly fits the book’s mood.
It tentatively dances on the fringes of horror, bear-hug’s the mysterious, and successfully steers around any schmaltz that it could so have easily fallen in to.
As Norm Konyu’s first graphic novel, The Junction is an outstanding piece of work and it deserves much more attention than it’s had to date.
April 12, 2023
A strong mystery thriller with some fun twists to go with it. The story features a long missing child suddenly found again. The kicker is that the boy is the same age as he was when he went missing. Various people try to solve what happened to the boy, and the direction of the story is wholly unpredictable. It's always a challenge to craft unique mysteries like this one, so I'm pretty impressed with Norm Konyu's debut graphic novel. He capably crafts an atmospheric and tense environment around the town, and the worldbuilding is all fairly subtly achieved. Even more impressive is the gorgeous art style, which looks a little like a stylish animation. The colors are similarly striking, with gorgeous brush strokes making up the lush backgrounds and impressive contrasts allowing each character to pop off the page. Charming would be the best word to describe the artwork, and it matches the twisty, spooky nature of the plot very well.
November 6, 2023
Çizimleri açıkçası benim tarzım değil. Kitabın finalinden nasıl üretildiğine dair küçük bir ek var. Manuel, kalem kullanımından da bahsetmiş ama sonrasında ciddi bir dijitalizasyon (photoshop) hali var. O da benim sevmediğim kıvamda. Bu sebeple alıp almamakta kararsızdım. Şimdi almasam da olurmuş diyorum.
Sanatı beğenmek bir tarafta dursun. Konusu, gizem iddiasının merakıyla almış bulundum. Evet bir gizem var. Biraz polisiye var. Duygusallık var. Fakat aradığımı bulamıyorum. Daha metaforik bir olasılık kovalamıştım. O olmadığı gibi hikayede ifade edilen “meğerse şöyleymiş”in altında yatan duygudan da etkilenmiyorum.
Bunun dışında hikaye gereğinden fazla uzatılmış. Fazla metin kullanılmış. Gizemi açacak bir ipuçları silsilesi yok. Bir süre sonra aşikar hale gelen bir iki ipucu kırıntısı üzerine gidilmiş hep. Bu sebeple “gizem” gibi duran unsur bir süre sonra anlatım kabızlığına dönüşüyor. Okur olarak bitse de gitsek diyoruz.
2.5 puan ile “önermiyoruz” kategorisinde.
Sanatı beğenmek bir tarafta dursun. Konusu, gizem iddiasının merakıyla almış bulundum. Evet bir gizem var. Biraz polisiye var. Duygusallık var. Fakat aradığımı bulamıyorum. Daha metaforik bir olasılık kovalamıştım. O olmadığı gibi hikayede ifade edilen “meğerse şöyleymiş”in altında yatan duygudan da etkilenmiyorum.
Bunun dışında hikaye gereğinden fazla uzatılmış. Fazla metin kullanılmış. Gizemi açacak bir ipuçları silsilesi yok. Bir süre sonra aşikar hale gelen bir iki ipucu kırıntısı üzerine gidilmiş hep. Bu sebeple “gizem” gibi duran unsur bir süre sonra anlatım kabızlığına dönüşüyor. Okur olarak bitse de gitsek diyoruz.
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April 18, 2021
What a little gem of a book!
Visually incredibly unique, it mixes vector art with watercolors and presents a beautiful aesthetic. It's also very clear that the author has an animation background as the characters all have that "natural but exaggerated" look in both their designs and poses that's characteristic, for me, of something from Disney or Pixar.
The story revolves around the disappearance of a child and his sudden unexpected reappearance 12 years later, not having aged a single day. The focus shifts between the detective assigned to the case, the psychiatrist studying the boy, and the diary entries of his time in what he calls "The Junction". It's a slowly resolving mystery that flirts between the psychological and the supernatural. It gradually and confidently gives you clues as to what might've happened, until fully revealing itself. And if I had to have a nitpick it would be this. The "dénouement" is a little clumsy. It retreads all the clues and ties them together like a Poirot flick, instead of giving you the final bits of information and letting you figure it all out on your own. It kind of feels like an expository info dump. But it didn't make the story any less interesting to me.
It's not quite perfect, but as a first effort, it's pretty incredible!
Visually incredibly unique, it mixes vector art with watercolors and presents a beautiful aesthetic. It's also very clear that the author has an animation background as the characters all have that "natural but exaggerated" look in both their designs and poses that's characteristic, for me, of something from Disney or Pixar.
The story revolves around the disappearance of a child and his sudden unexpected reappearance 12 years later, not having aged a single day. The focus shifts between the detective assigned to the case, the psychiatrist studying the boy, and the diary entries of his time in what he calls "The Junction". It's a slowly resolving mystery that flirts between the psychological and the supernatural. It gradually and confidently gives you clues as to what might've happened, until fully revealing itself. And if I had to have a nitpick it would be this. The "dénouement" is a little clumsy. It retreads all the clues and ties them together like a Poirot flick, instead of giving you the final bits of information and letting you figure it all out on your own. It kind of feels like an expository info dump. But it didn't make the story any less interesting to me.
It's not quite perfect, but as a first effort, it's pretty incredible!
July 19, 2025
I found this really immersive in the way the graphic style played into the plot, there was a certain frozen element that conveyed how gray it all was.
I enjoyed the story telling and things unfolding through the journal entries and how Lucas perfectly encompassed being young and old altogether.
Like all short form graphic novels like this I think there could have been at least the same amount of pages included to flesh out some elements and yet at the same time, the ambiguity kind of added to all of it.
Also as a mum of two whose children both went through a Hey Duggee phase, seeing the familiar touches to the animation in a very different form was really great.
Would definitely recommend.
I enjoyed the story telling and things unfolding through the journal entries and how Lucas perfectly encompassed being young and old altogether.
Like all short form graphic novels like this I think there could have been at least the same amount of pages included to flesh out some elements and yet at the same time, the ambiguity kind of added to all of it.
Also as a mum of two whose children both went through a Hey Duggee phase, seeing the familiar touches to the animation in a very different form was really great.
Would definitely recommend.
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