Review
« Previous EntriesA Review of Hereville, Issue 1
Thursday, May 15th, 2008Hereville is a comic with an interesting subject matter to me; that is, an unfamiliar one. The first issue, “How Mirka got her Sword,” spends a lot of time talking about living in a Jewish community, though when and where is unclear-and as far as I can tell, deliberately so. However, it’s not about the [...]
Odd-Fish Review
Saturday, May 3rd, 2008I’m not exactly sure how I stumbled across Odd-Fish. Regardless, it has stuck in my mind for quite a while, probably from a combination of it’s atrocious puns and well done black and white art. I’m glad I have finally gotten to the point where I can review it, even if it has taken a [...]
Such disturbing sea creatures.
Monday, April 21st, 2008I think that Odd Fish has one of the most fitting titles I’ve seen in a webcomic. Not just for the fact that the characters are odd, but for the fact that the whole tone of the comic is gently surreal. You won’t get a lot of big laughs from it, unless you love puns [...]
Fun in the sun? That depends.
Thursday, March 27th, 2008Caribbean Blue is a comic best taken in small doses. This isn’t because it’s hard to swallow, or particularly shocking. Rather, it’s enjoyable in individual comics, but taken as a whole, there are serious problems with the characters and the story.
The art of Caribbean Blue has definitely matured from the beginning. There’s a sketchy quality [...]
Kookaburra sittin’ in the ol’ gum tree…
Thursday, March 20th, 2008It’s good when a comic gets a song stuck in your head, right?
Right?
Kukuburi is a fascinating little comic with a surrealistic bent. It seemed to carry that bent with it from page one, as we watch the start of Nadia’s day. It is never so bizarre that the audience gets completely lost, though. While I [...]
My Kukuburi review!
Saturday, March 8th, 2008Kukuburi is a beautifully drawn comic, with wonderfully surreal landscapes and characters. And even though there’s a serious tone to the whole comic, the art keeps it form becoming oppressive or stifling. However, the other elements of the comic aren’t quite as strong-and I worry that as we learn more about the story and the [...]
Dume review
Sunday, February 24th, 2008The goofball and the straight man is a duo that has been played over and over, in movies, cartoons, and yes—webcomics. This is not necessarily a bad thing.
In the case of Dume, the title character is the goofball and the straight man is his roommate, Rand. Dume is always under Rand’s skin, whether it’s intentional [...]
I fear Dume’s cooking.
Sunday, February 24th, 2008Dume is a comic that belongs to a very wide genre in webcomics: the roommate sitcom. It could be called a comedy, but many of these comics have a sitcom sensibility about them-improbable events are only dwelled upon as long as they’re actually occurring, and odd combinations are only remarked upon when there’s a joke [...]
The glitter, it blinds me!
Sunday, February 17th, 2008Sparkling Generation Valkyrie Yuuki-which is a mouthful, by the way-is one of a number of webcomics that explicitly model themselves on Japanese manga. Of all the webcomics I’ve read, I think Yuuki has done the best job of emulating a particular kind of manga-the “magical girl” manga. But unfortunately, I think it’s taken on many [...]
SGVY Review-desu!
Sunday, February 17th, 2008I have been following Sparkling Generation Valkyrie Yuuki for some time, and in rereading I think one of the most important things to keep in mind when reading the archives is that this comic is a parody. Without that in mind, things seems a bit out of whack. But the heart of Yuuki is to [...]
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