I’m a little torn in two over Chivalry. Having read the illustrator’s note, I know that Doran originally intended to create the whole thing in imitation of an illuminated medieval manuscript, before realising the impracticality of the venture, and relegating that style to a few key pages. I adored those pages, but I wasn’t personally a fan of the more cartoonish style and pale colour palette employed for the rest of the book– or perhaps it’s more accurate to say, I wasn’t a fan of how they seemed to clash. Additionally, while I adored the premise of an old woman stumbling upon the Holy Grail in a junk shop, and found Gaiman’s voice humorous and confident as ever, I felt that Chivalry lacked the “heart,” and emotional core of some of his other tales. Perhaps it was that the protagonist felt a little like a cipher- difficult to avoid, in a short story, but then, this is Gaiman. Still, this is a work of great technical skill on both a narrative and illustrative front, and is well worth your time.