7/2/2023 0 Comments Dinotopia by James Gurney![]() ![]() This isn't to say that his art is always wholly successful-there are rough patches here and there, especially when his sartorial and tonsorial choices cause his characters to resemble late 60's hippies. His imagining of his new and strange world carries a depth and weight that, to be trite, truly transports you there-but then, that's what he built his career on.Ī competent draughtsman who plied his imagining of ancient Egyptian rituals and architectural recreations in the pages of National Geographic, Gurney's style evokes the travelogue of a naturalist (which is, happily enough, his story's frame), so that the sometimes indulgent fantasy or unremarkable characterization mostly comes off as an occasionally unlikely (or overly likely) world. This fanciful retelling of "The Land that Time Forgot" would just be a passable (if fun) story if not for Gurney's rather lovely artwork. ![]()
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