![]() ![]() “I’m just so sick of this itty-bitty lifestyle,” he goes on. It’s like the setup of a joke: two ants stand on a decomposing apple, and one asks the other, “Why does everything have to be so tiny?” It begins with a statement of ennui that’s at once existentially universal and hilariously particular. Now that it’s over, you’re finally ready for it. Not because it was such a pleasurable reading experience, but because you’ve only just absorbed its language. And by the time you reach the far shore, gasping for air, you’re tempted to return to the beginning and dive back in. Best experienced in a single reading, it’s a book that you swim through. Externally baffling but internally consistent, it does what great art comics often do – it teaches you how to read it. Michael DeForge’s ANT COLONY is a wonderfully whole piece of comics craftsmanship. ![]()
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