num_pages: 96
description:  A master of stripped-down powerful storytelling reworks the David-and-Goliath myth.Goliath of Gath isnt much of a fighter. Given half a choice he would pick admin work over patrolling in a heartbeat to say nothing of his distaste for engaging in combat. Nonetheless at the behest of the king he finds himself issuing a twice-daily challenge to the Israelites: Choose a man. Let him come to me that we may fight. If he be able to kill me then we shall be your servants. But if I kill him then you shall be our servants. Day after day he reluctantly repeats his speech and the isolation of this duty gives him the chance to banter with his shield-bearer and reflect on the beauty of his surroundings. This is the story of David and Goliath as seen from Goliaths side of the Valley of Elah. Quiet moments in Goliaths life as a soldier are accentuated by Tom Gaulds drawing style which contrasts minimalist scenery and near-geometric humans with densely crosshatched detail reminiscent of Edward Gorey. Goliaths battle is simultaneously tragic and bleakly funny as bureaucracy pervades even this most mythic of figures. Goliath displays a sensitive wit a bold line and a traditional narrative reworked remade and revolutionized. 
language: English
title: Goliath
publisher: Drawn and Quarterly