Book Review

All Over Coffee (2007)

Details Writer: Paul Madonna; Genres: Comic Books/Graphic Novels, Fiction; Publisher: City Lights Books

A comic strip with no characters, plot, or comedy — just exquisitely observed, fine-lined drawings of sunlit San Francisco, captioned with bittersweet fragments of dialogue.

For Fans of...
Pekar's slice-of-life miniatures; the architectural landscapes of Ben Katchor's cartoons.

Does It Deliver?
The relentless Zen stillness sometimes turns arid in Paul Madonna's All Over Coffee, but even tiny variations (like flashes of colors other than latte-ring brown) seem bracingly quirky. B+

Originally posted Jun 22, 2007 Published in issue #941-942 Jun 29, 2007 Order article reprints

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