Can Gorgeous Art Save Bad Characters? | The Wrong Place

We discuss what makes a story: Do you need a plot, or do you just need characters? What kind of character development do these characters have to go through? What if they are exactly the same as at the start of their journey? Do you think a snapshot of life is enough to call it a "story"? Today we chat about "Wrong Place" by Brecht Evens. This Belgian cartoonist living in Paris creates gorgeous, vivid watercolours that alone make this graphic novel worth a read. The characters? Not as much. "The Wrong Place revolves around oft-absent Robbie, a charismatic lothario of mysterious celebrity who has the run of a city as chaotic as it is resplendent. Robbie’s sexual energy captivates the attention of men and women alike; his literal and figurative brightness is a startling foil to the dreariness of his childhood friend, Gary...the first graphic novel by [an] award-winning cartoonist...captures the strange chemistry of social interaction as easily as he portrays the fragmented nature of identity. The Wrong Place contrasts life as it is, angst-ridden and awkward, with life as it can be: spontaneous, uninhibited, and free." ~ description from the publisher Drawn & Quarterly Ink In the Eyes is a weekly graphic novel podcast by Ace: Substack: Instagram:   / ink_in_the_eyes