Drome

Thank you to NetGalley for my Advanced Reader's Copy of this book.

This one is a hard one to review. It is so unlike every other graphic novel I can remember reading. The artwork is visually stunning and it is so unique that I am rating it 3.5 stars. I don't want to say I didn't like because I'm not sure I didn't. I'm also not sure I did. What I do know is that I will be thinking about this book for a long time to come, and for someone who reads over 100 graphic novels a year, that really says something. Maybe when I reread it (which I will), my score will go up (or down). But how could I not recommend a book that has caused so much internal dialogue.

https://fromtheheartofeurope.eu/drome-by-jesse-lonergan/

It tells, with very few words, a story of ancient mythic creatures at the dawn of a Sumerian-style mythos, moving from creating to struggles over control of the human city. I was not as convinced; I think words are useful to give a sense of what makes the characters tick, and it’s much more difficult to convey that with pictures alone (or even mostly with pictures). Still, it’s an interesting experiment.

The Savage She-Hulk and Red Hulk play out a version of the Gilgamesh epic and cross paths with Cain and Abel in this extended fight scene cum creation myth.

Not something I really needed . . .

(Best of 2025 Project: I'm reading all the graphic novels that made it onto one or more of these lists:

• Washington Post 10 Best Graphic Novels of 2025
• Publishers Weekly 2025 Graphic Novel Critics Poll
• NPR's Books We Love 2025: Favorite Comics and Graphic Novels

This book made the WaPo list.)