Who Killed Kurt Cobain? The Story of Boddah

Adapted from the French novel Le Roman de Boddah by Heloise Guay de Bellissen, this fictionalized account of Cobain’s demise takes a unique approach, presenting his life through the testimony of his imaginary childhood friend, Boddah. In a more or less linear manner, though with a frantic incoherence that surely matches Cobain’s perception of what went on around him, Otero (New Moscow) ends up presenting less a biography and more a passionate love letter of empathy to Cobain. It’s a frantic and depressing journey the reader takes alongside the rock legend, with the inevitability of Cobain’s course taking a toll on readers’ ability to cling on with him. Otero’s art is the star, capturing the chaos of Cobain’s lifestyle and the unhinged perceptions in his psyche with swirling lines that coalesce into moments of beauty. Those already fascinated by Cobain and the grunge era will find it a familiar if gloomy journey. (Oct.)