3''

3'' is a French graphic novel by Marc Antoine Mathieu. It is the story of three seconds in a day. The authors tells a set of stories that happen during these three seconds simply by following and zooming on the light that is reflected by objects with shining surfaces. There are no words whatsoever and yet it probably the album that took me longer to read in many month. The intricate artwork, the stark black and white contrast and the camera movements are nothing short of a magical tour de force of the 9^th art. On top of all the graphical inventiveness, the story is a fairly interesting thriller that is only grasped on a very slow first or second reading.
I highly recommend that people buy this book. When you do so you get a password that gives you access to the book in movie form. You can view the progress of the story as slowly as you wish.

Art: 5 stars
Story: 4 stars
Overall: 5 stars