Someone is dragging Dr Stolz away from his snogging session in a department of the hospital he should be working in.  Two people, really – one of them is the very dead Albert Einstein, and the other the hospital director demanding it be known that natural causes was what saw the brainbox off.  But it's what our pathologist Stolz does with the actual contents of that brainbox that is the focus of this black humour-tinged historical drama.

So it's a little disappointing that other things get in the way of its enjoyment.  The hand-styled lettering is really awkward to get used to at first, as is the over-dominance of sound FX cues – and as is the whole design and colouring, as well, if I'm honest.  This doesn't have your routine graphic novel look at all.  To get to the story, some bits were fine – the real-life example of the brain snatcher, that some people may not have known about, with its jokey way of presenting Stolz as an Indiana Jones of the path labs, smuggling a gem through the jungle.  Some bits after that again took a little too long to sit really well with me.  But when we see the fall-out from the whole mad-cap decision, with this abundance of clever visual metaphors, we can finally see this for what it is – a very individualistic look at a true footnote of history.  I think four stars from me is about right, but if you manage to get on board with the free-and-easy style before I did then you'd rate it higher.

It seems fitting that a graphic novel would give rise to comic genius.
In Brain Drain - part 1, Europe Comics have produced an inspired story loosely based on the missing brain following Albert Einstein’s post-mortem. Pierre-Henry Gomont has form but this is my favourite work of his to date.
Being both the creative force and the illustrator he has allowed his skills to dovetail together beautifully. So it matters little, what came first, the words or the gloriously funny drawings?
This is a laugh out loud read which looks at a serious subject but then reveals humour in moments of high drama. 
Hounded in life as an almost lab specimen it seems the Professor wanted to just quietly slip away and avoiding further invasive research into his talent and IQ.
What scientist however would pass up the chance to study this man’s brain to gauge what made him so remarkable.
 I just loved the various sound effects and the lack of backbone Dr Thomas Stolz had initially to realise his potential. He seems at the mercy of others and an unhappy felon.
He grows in this story as though his association with taking ownership of Einstein’s brain rubs off on him.
Thoroughly enjoyed this brief escape from reality but like any good writing it points the reader to wanting to learn more and question aspects of research and science.