The Fountain

The fountain is a comicbook that ties to the movie of the same name.the premise is interesting but its written in a very confusing manner with a an art style that doesnt help the story very much. from the synosypisi on the front pages its a about a man who tries to save the woman he loves through different generations and timelines and i thought it would a compelling story to follow which is why i chose it. but then it took a weird turn.

its actually about one celestial being in space with a tree traveling through what i assume is space trying to save the tree. apparently the tree is dying and the man is trying to save through the dreams the man gets through meditating with the tree. then one day the tree does die or is dead, and he cant accept it so he does out of his safe space around the tree to grab a comet that will save this celestial tree from dying but in doing so, he is unable to return to the sphere with the tree and becomes lost.  then it goes to a story about a medic trying to save a monkey dying on a surgery table to looking for a tree to help with it (?). and back to the story where the conquistador is invading a native land belong to i think aztecs or peruvian.  which is where i stopped because i got so confused.

The story isn't told in a comprehensive way, it jumps around to different settings and characters. which hurts my ability to get invested into the comic. But it also doesn't do itself any favors with its art style. the art is so inconsistent it really frustrated me because i couldn't recognize characters from the past pages I just read. im not saying its bad, its great at conveying mood just too off model, for me to read.

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