The Altered History of Willow Sparks

 

Tara O’Conner via Oni Press - ‘The Altered History of Willow Sparks’

Pretty good graphic novel, clocking at 154 artful pages. Doubtful it will rank in your best of all time list, but you won’t regret reading it either.

Willow Sparks picks up the well worn concept of rewriting history. Willy, as her friends call her, finds a secret room in the public library where she works. Finding a book with her name on the spine, she realizes that editing the book edits reality. Willy then uses the book to do exactly that, losing friends and succumbing to social pressures in the process.

Stand out artistic concept here is the revenge of the book, making skin take on black inky veins and permanent discoloration when abused.

Big props to the author for including draft art, showing the evolution of her designs. Also, for her authoring soundtrack and a hilarious count of coffee consumption.