Freaks of the Heartland

I really wanted to delve more deeply into the world of this graphic novel. I feel like more could have been done with everything. That being said, the art was decent, although sometimes Western comic art is a little too unclear and sketchy. And the story I quite enjoyed. The basic plot is thus: Trevor lives in the middle of nowhere farm country (supposedly in the Midwest?), and his little brother Will is some sort of mutant, giant and strong and misshapen. There are other children like this, they learn, and the adults want to kill them. So Trevor frees Will, and makes a run for it. Along the way, the rescue a few other children.

Unexpectedly, this tale was sweet. I really liked it. I just wanted to like it more.