Place and memory s a powerful connection that most people tend to take for granted. I remember the first time I went to Madison Square Garden. I knew instantly after getting there exactly why Michael Jordan called it his favorite place to play. The fact it was the same place many of basketball idols played made it such an indelible memory to this day coupled with the fact my Mother took me there. Places and our relationships to them, is inextricable. In Claire Scully’s Desolation Wilderness our author reminds the reader just how delicate memory is.

We are taken to the place as the creator shows how this patch of land has evolved over years. As people move here then a small town emerges and even when mankind emerges in this place the elements are paramount to anything humans have brought. The intervention of mother nature’s rain shows us just how powerful it is. We also see how mother nature’s sunshine can be as nurturing as any parent. It gives growth to everything within its reach. The graphic novel shows us the true beauty of mother nature and that her dominion is her unending generosity.

Overall, Scully has shown the reader just how important it is to observe and to see that in mother nature’s unobtrusive manner she is beautiful. The story by Scully is simple, elegant, and well done. The art by Scully is breathtaking. Altogether, mother nature’s love and our appreciation of her is more than evident in this affecting tome.

Story: Claire Scully Art: Claire Scully
Story: 9.7 Art: 9.1 Overall: 9.4 Recommendation: Buy

Avery Hill Publishing provided Graphic Policy with a FREE copy for review. Desolation Wilderness is out this June.