dcommet's review
5.0
It's easy to paint this as some low brow comedy that doesn't really have anything besides laughs going for it, but I think the way they feel stuck and trapped by themselves is really emotionally affecting. The emotional core here is absolutely Owl who sure often is having fun and laughing along withe Megg and Mogg, but just as often he realizes that he's hurting himself acting the way he does. Whether its out of fear of losing their friend or just because they don't realize how much what they do hurts, Megg and Mogg continually trick Owl into continuing his harmful cycle or simply sabotaging him everytime he tries to improve his life. I feel for him when he finally escapes and thinks of flying into the night sky, he simply had to get away - even if they do mean something special to him. However I also feel for Megg and Mogg who are left crying because they don't understand why he's leaving - they don't get why he can't stay with them forever. It's genuinely really great stuff and also Werewolf Jones is there and he's very funny.
nmaltec's review against another edition
1.0
God this sucked. Rick & Morty meets King Gizzard stonneeerrrrr vibessssss meets high school edgelord humor... wow...
zoethydear1850's review against another edition
3.0
Genuinely enjoyed most of it and loved the style, but I don’t understand the rape bit. Is it supposed to be humorous? What is the purpose for it? Did it have to be rape in order to accomplish the point that Owl is put over the edge and has to leave? Very lighthearted take on rape and unwanted sexual contact, which really conflicted with the overall tone of the book and my enjoyment of it.
600bars's review against another edition
1.0
My roommate brought this home from the library. They/I thought this would be Michael DeForge adjacent, who is one of our favorite graphic novel artists. A stoner witch and her cat on adventures? Pretty colors? Daniel Clowes endorsement? Seems great!
Unfortunately this was like if your friend said let’s watch a movie and then the movie was A Serbian Film. Ok I’m exaggerating, but I was absolutely shocked at the cruelty and nihilism on display here. I thought maybe if I smoke a bit I’ll be more in tune with the characters and I’ll find it funny. No.
Right away a wolf character is at a party and takes out a cheese grater and then cheese grates his balls! For no reason! There's blood everywhere! The cat and the witch, Megg and Mogg, are in a sexual/romantic relationship and live with an Owl who they abuse becuase they have no other meaning in their sad lives. All they do is hit gravity bongs and watch iCarly and quite literally torture their “friend” Owl.
I am not exaggerating when I say torture. It reminded me of that youtube channel, daddyoffive, where they had one child that they constantly picked on. I cannot overstate the cruelty here. The way they treated Owl was unrelenting abuse. They drug and gang rape him. When he expressed anger over having been drugged and raped they mock him. They drug him and strip him and put him through a drive through in a shopping cart and eventually he is arrested. There’s one instance where he really needs to shit and they will not allow him in the apartment. Owl has no choice but to squat outside, but then a dog comes and eats the poop and knocks Owl over. He hits his head and is knocked unconscious, and the dog who is poop covered licks his unconscious body. Megg and Mogg are watching all of this from the window with a detached air. Instead of helping their friend, once he’s on the ground they say welp show’s over then go make out. At one point Owl tries to get sober, so they feed him an alcoholic smoothie but don’t tell him there’s alcohol in it. Owl gets absolutely plastered and humiliates himself all around town. They joke about trying to get him to kill himself. Need I go on???
Every incident shocked me more than the last. There is never any complication to their dynamic, like it’s not like they have good times sometimes. And Owl is never mean to them. It's not like they are having back and forth prank wars that occasionally go too far. Owl occasionally tries to stand up for himself, but not very hard. We see Megg experience bouts of depression, and sometimes her stoned paranoia was funny. But not funny enough to make me sympathize with her one bit. I typically enjoy things where people are mean to each other like Succession, but there was nothing redeeming to balance it out. The cruelty wasn’t gleeful, it was absolutely repulsive. I really wanted Owl to kill them or something because of how extreme it was. He flies away in the end but it feels like putting a bandaid on open heart surgery!!!
I typically have no issue with dark nihilistic stories. Part of my horror was due to the fact that I smoked a bowl and settled in for what I thought was going to be a relaxing stoner comedy and instead was reading….this…. Sometimes the bait and switch can work, like I thought the movie Raw was going to be a rom com and it def wasn't. I still loved it even though it wasn't what I was expecting. But this was absolutely too much for me. Stay Away!
Unfortunately this was like if your friend said let’s watch a movie and then the movie was A Serbian Film. Ok I’m exaggerating, but I was absolutely shocked at the cruelty and nihilism on display here. I thought maybe if I smoke a bit I’ll be more in tune with the characters and I’ll find it funny. No.
Right away a wolf character is at a party and takes out a cheese grater and then cheese grates his balls! For no reason! There's blood everywhere! The cat and the witch, Megg and Mogg, are in a sexual/romantic relationship and live with an Owl who they abuse becuase they have no other meaning in their sad lives. All they do is hit gravity bongs and watch iCarly and quite literally torture their “friend” Owl.
I am not exaggerating when I say torture. It reminded me of that youtube channel, daddyoffive, where they had one child that they constantly picked on. I cannot overstate the cruelty here. The way they treated Owl was unrelenting abuse. They drug and gang rape him. When he expressed anger over having been drugged and raped they mock him. They drug him and strip him and put him through a drive through in a shopping cart and eventually he is arrested. There’s one instance where he really needs to shit and they will not allow him in the apartment. Owl has no choice but to squat outside, but then a dog comes and eats the poop and knocks Owl over. He hits his head and is knocked unconscious, and the dog who is poop covered licks his unconscious body. Megg and Mogg are watching all of this from the window with a detached air. Instead of helping their friend, once he’s on the ground they say welp show’s over then go make out. At one point Owl tries to get sober, so they feed him an alcoholic smoothie but don’t tell him there’s alcohol in it. Owl gets absolutely plastered and humiliates himself all around town. They joke about trying to get him to kill himself. Need I go on???
Every incident shocked me more than the last. There is never any complication to their dynamic, like it’s not like they have good times sometimes. And Owl is never mean to them. It's not like they are having back and forth prank wars that occasionally go too far. Owl occasionally tries to stand up for himself, but not very hard. We see Megg experience bouts of depression, and sometimes her stoned paranoia was funny. But not funny enough to make me sympathize with her one bit. I typically enjoy things where people are mean to each other like Succession, but there was nothing redeeming to balance it out. The cruelty wasn’t gleeful, it was absolutely repulsive. I really wanted Owl to kill them or something because of how extreme it was. He flies away in the end but it feels like putting a bandaid on open heart surgery!!!
I typically have no issue with dark nihilistic stories. Part of my horror was due to the fact that I smoked a bowl and settled in for what I thought was going to be a relaxing stoner comedy and instead was reading….this…. Sometimes the bait and switch can work, like I thought the movie Raw was going to be a rom com and it def wasn't. I still loved it even though it wasn't what I was expecting. But this was absolutely too much for me. Stay Away!
mistercrow's review against another edition
4.0
This is some crass lowbrow shit but I laughed. Found it amusing and I guess that says a lot about me.
There are a few dark elements to this as well, not really funny but dealing with adulthood and the complexity of “friends” we keep.
This is not a comic for everyone. It’s crude at best and even the best humour it has to offer (like the pantless knocked out Owl one) is not for everyone. I could only recommend this to a few friends. I suspect this is a comic for a very niche market.
And like many others have posted; it is problematic. TW: depression, substance abuse, rape, sexual assault, etc.
There are a few dark elements to this as well, not really funny but dealing with adulthood and the complexity of “friends” we keep.
This is not a comic for everyone. It’s crude at best and even the best humour it has to offer (like the pantless knocked out Owl one) is not for everyone. I could only recommend this to a few friends. I suspect this is a comic for a very niche market.
And like many others have posted; it is problematic. TW: depression, substance abuse, rape, sexual assault, etc.
jakekilroy's review against another edition
4.0
There's such a strangely inviting quality to the curious bleakness of Megahex. It's a group of losers unempathetically wasting their life away, with one of them marginally self-aware enough to know he deserves better (yet is also for sure a wastoid). It's just a landscape of dumb, but I dig worlds like this, a tiny universe of friends where anything's possible. A depressed witch, a manipulative cat, and a giant yuppie owl live together? Totally. Their best friends are a werewolf and a sorcerer? Rad. All they do is get high, drink themselves into mania, and sabotage one another for the sake of fleeting hilarity but also to maybe keep them all tethered to not rising above minimal effort? Great. It's just a cruel story about idiots (who aren't really remorseful or redeemable), but I kept wanting to go on these insanely stupid adventures with them. A self-created oblivion is way sadder when that world is filled with anything that comes to mind. Instead, these chumps just stick to a shitty rented house they share and destroy because it's the only place they hold dominion — a self-fulfilling curse.
sizrobe's review against another edition
5.0
Degenerate stoner humor at its finest. I feel bad for the constant mistreatment of Owl, but it's at least mostly funny mistreatment. If you can stomach the frequently mean spirited gags, there's some good content here.
midnightblue3787's review against another edition
dark
emotional
funny
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
trapdoor's review against another edition
4.0
this shit funny af
Content Warnings
Graphic: Toxic relationship, Abortion, Bullying, Drug abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Rape, Violence, and Emotional abuse