Book review: The Ticking has strange characters and a delicate, obsessive-looking illustration style

I recently read The Ticking by the acclaimed artist Rene French, and was enchanted by her strange characters and delicate, obsessive-looking illustration style. Her drawings remind me of mysterious, old black and white photographs.

This book came out in 2006 and I wish I would have known about it back then, because I would have loved this when I was a kid. — Read the rest