![]() ![]() ![]() Andrews visualizes his concept with a tone and texture that produces an unassuming but profound strangeness: A telephone on top of a boulder in the middle of a stream? All the constellations in the sky interpreted by a talking bear? This embeds the fantasy in an earthy, handcrafted reality, apparent right up to its rough panel borders. ![]() Who ends up breaking the pact and who doesn’t is only one element of this richly imagined and complexly emotional story that would be spoiled by too thorough a plot summary, though the story’s power rests less in surprise than in the moment-to-moment unfolding of the journey. The titular pact: no turning back from their quest. A group of boys on bikes sets out to learn whether the lanterns cast down the river in their town’s annual ceremony actually turn into stars like the legends say. ![]()
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