The_Mad_Swede’s Reviews > Tori Amos: Little Earthquakes > Status Update

Read the piece inspired by the lyrics for ”Take to the Sky”, which is written by Annie Zaleski and drawn by Ryan Kelly (with colours by DC Alonso). In many ways, much of the comics narrative functions almost as a response to the lyrics, both visually and in its dialogue, in a slightly surreal and dream-like sequence. And this works rather well. I like it.

Read Alison Sampson’s brilliantly suggestive and near wordless piece based on Amos’ very brief lyrics for ”The Pool”, and really enjoyed it.

Read the piece by Olivia Sullivan based on ”Ode to the Banana King (Part One)” and am not entirely sure what to make of it. It is comic sans parole and while he visual aesthetic is by no means bad, I find the visual storytelling quite weak. Unfortunately, the latter is emphasised by the lack of words and for much of this short story, I find it difficult to follow the story.

Read the story inspired by ”Thoughts”, written by Russell Lissau and drawn by Rachel Merrill. Not a bad piece, but rather loosely connected to the source material.

Read the story based on the song ”Upside Down” (which isn’t on the original, but on the second disc of the deluxe edition), written by Cat Mihos and drawn by Paul Roman Martinez. The narrative seems pretty loosely based upon the lyrics.

Read the sans parole piece based on ”Little Earthquakes”, written and drawn by Gianna Meola.

Read the entirely wordless story based on “Me and a Gun” (which incidentally is an a cappella song) by writer-artist Desi Alice-Aponte, with colours by Kelly Fitzpatrick. It is a different kind of piece since it seems to interpret the writing and composing a song based on the kind of a traumatic experience Amos’ lyrics describe, rather than interpreting the lyrics (which are pretty straight forward) visually.

Read the very literal adaptation of ”Tear in Your Hand”, written by Neil Gaiman (though Amos’ lyrics is used verbatim, so I am guessing it is more a question of plotting the sequence) and stunningly drawn by Bilquis Evely (with colours from Matheus Lopes). I definitely need to check out more of Evely’s work.

Read the piece based on ”Mother”, written and drawn by Andi Watson. A really nice interpretation of the lyrics, and I may need to look for more stuff by Watson, since I really like the visual style and the mise-en-page.

Read Kelly Sue Deconnick and Benjamin Dewey’s piece, supposedly very loosely based on ”Leather”. Nice story and beautifully illustrated, but I don’t quite see the connection to Amos’ lyrics, if I’m honest.