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Methods of Dyeing by B. Mure. Avery Hill Publishing, 2021. 9781910395622. http://www.powells.com/book/-9781910395622?partnerid=34778&p_bt

The fourth graphic novella in the Ismyre series is a murder mystery of sorts. Professor Detlef, botanist and master dyer, due to give a lecture at Ismyre University, is found dead on the university grounds. A detective sent by the Belsithan government arrives to take charge of the investigation because Detlef was one of its citizens. Mary, who found the body, leads the detective to the professor's room and, ultimately, helps with a bit of revenge too.

While the first book in the series was mostly beautiful, quiet moments between characters and minimal plot, this book was mostly plot with a few significant moments between a whole new cast of characters. It was different, but also the same.

In Review: “Methods of Dyeing” by B Mure

Method of Dyeing is the fourth book in the atmospheric and subtle Ismyre series of comics from Nottingham-based creator B Mure, published by Avery Hill. Set in the world of ‘Ismyre’, a strange and, at first glance at least, gentle world of talking animals and magic, the new volume deals with the aftermath of the poisoning of an esteemed botanist and master dyer, Professor Detlef, as he speaks at…

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Interview with B. Mure, author of the Ismyre series!

Ismyre Series Review: It’s a Beautiful World

The plot is almost–almost–incidental. The real focus is on the quiet, lonely nature of the world and the easy, light friendship that builds between Ed and Faustine.

And the art. Oh, the art. Blues, reds, greens, and yellows… melding and overlapping or in stark contrast, light and sparse or bold and filling the frame.