Archive for March, 2008
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 [...]
Next Review: Caribbean Blue
Monday, March 10th, 2008I realize things are a bit slow in CSB land, but a number of things are going on in the background while we put up with content slumps. First of all, I’ve disabled the visual editor for writing posts. I changed this because it was causing too many issues, such as crashing and losing content [...]
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 [...]