DIG THAT: IMITASYON

IMITASYON
THE GRAPHIC NOVELLA
AUTHOR | PETER PAUL PAYACK, MIKE PAYACK, EUGENE DAMIAN
ILLUSTRATOR | PETER PAUL PAYACK
PUBLISHER | TRIPLE P PUBLICATIONS
RELEASE | 8.1.11

I didn’t quite know what to expect going into Peter Paul Payack’s adaptation of his brother Mike’s short film, and honestly, neither should you. Imitayson (Haitian Creole, for “It’s a cognate, genius”) is a tautly told thriller, a strange and compelling sort of subtle mystery that can only be appreciated in its entirely. Call it … “a gestalt ghost story,” though to honest, I’m not exactly sure what that’s supposed to mean. Would look real cool as a back-cover blurb, though. Hint, hint.

Admittedly “you’ll just have to buy it and find out” doesn’t leave us much in terms of a review—I could praise the particular efficacy of Peter Paul’s evocative cyber-sketch art style, or the surprising wealth of background material that they managed to cram into the slim, eighty-ish page volume, or even the brazenness of an Honest Pint in-joke, but that’s just skirting the issue. A good story, well told, for less than a round of drinks. Get on that.

Seriously, Pete. Cover blurb.