Gideon Falls #11 Review

Writer: Jeff Lemire / Artist: Andrea Sorrentino / Image Comics Did I Find You Or Did You Find Me? Gideon Falls #11 is the promised collision of the two principle protagonists. The issue where Father Fred and Norton Sinclair meet. Yet, it’s so much more than that. In addition to being a critical plot point, it is one of the most surrealistic, horrific issues of the series to date, and the aesthetic that Sorrentino’s artwork alongside with Stewart’s colors create one of the most visually enticing experiences of 2019. In short: things get really weird really quick and it’s really fascinating to watch it play out as well as exceedingly distressing. If you remember back to the finale of the first arc, the delve into the Black Barn was characterized by distressing stimuli. All of that is taken up to 11 in this issue.

The two-page spreads are utterly captivating. Sorrentino outdid themselves this time around as this particular venture to the Black Barn is somehow even trippier than it was the first time around. This is the type of work that you get when you have long-term collaborators build off of each other, a quality that only veteran creatives can ensure. Sorrentino’s pages mess with panel structure and convention enabled by the Lemire’s ambitious narrative. The story of Gideon Falls’ past has appropriately been told in fragments, and Gideon Falls #11 is no exception. The new details are given with little context which only makes things that much more unnerving as it becomes in…