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Publisher's Weekly July 22 2002
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One character muses, "Like a spiral it [creation] repeats but it also comments on itself". Here, in a nutshell, Mckean summarises what Cages does and is about.
A Chinese box - boxes within boxes - of a novel, weaving between the residents of a contemporary apartment block, McKean provides an enchanting yet fragmented commentary on the nature of creativity (its pitfalls, effects, demands. . . - a theme perhaps given all the more poignancy and "depth" as the author is also an artist) through allegories, fairy tales, anecdotes, encounters and dreams - peppered throughout with dry humour.
Artistically, although much of the illustration is sketchy and two-tone - more like the pictures from a film story board than most graphic novels (and lacking the rich detail of, say McKean's work in "Arkham Asylum") each picture compliments the action perfectly, provides masterful scene changes and those moments when McKean lets his formidable artistic talent carry the narrative alone, provide some of the most original and breathtaking sequences of the piece.
You could argue that McKean fails to deliver what his prologue suggests. You could feel that the characters remain - however beautifully rendered - a little too skeletal and lacking. For me, however this in itself is (sort of) a compliment and probably owes more to the fact that McKean communicates what he does with such skill and wit, and suggests so much more than he presents, that it can't fail but to leave you wanting more.
I read Cages straight through in one LONG sitting. It had me gripped from the start and deserves to reach a far wider audience than simply graphic novel fans. If you're someone who regards graphic novels as immature kids stuff, think again. Cages is unlike - and far surpasses - any other work of this genre that I know of. It is, more or less, a masterpiece.
Quite simply he could, and then some.
This is the greatest graphic novel ever written, equally useful as a lush coffee table book or bedtime reading.
McKean mixes drawing styles, photgraphic collage, paint and much much more to create a kaleidoscope of abstract and profound images.
If you only ever buy one graphic novel, buy cages.
his first major solo work - and an immediate masterpiece!
he presents all his skills at different techniques. Read more
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