endemictoearth's review
adventurous
challenging
lighthearted
mysterious
3.5
I don’t even know if I should rate this? It wasn’t really for me. It’s a rather fantastical comic about a former wrassler who is a cat magnet and gets a crush on a screamo punk singer. The art style is sort of cutely gross? It’s told very episodically, so I wasn’t super invested, but it was an interesting read, nonetheless.
redhairedashreads's review
2.0
2 stars - It was ok
This was weird. I thought Oaf was sweet at times but also a bit weird. He makes dolls and stuffs them with his own body hair and attracts stray cats with his “body musk”. It was off putting and a bit gross. Yes, he could be sweet but the whole relationship aspect quickly got lost in all the other weird shit that was happening.
Trigger warnings: homophobia
dani_reviews's review
It’s weird and I can see how it might appeal to others, but I just didn’t...get it??? If this guy had an actual personality beyond being big, hairy, and smitten, maybe I would have stuck it out beyond 30%, but sadly this was a DNF for me.
thebobsphere's review
4.0
How could I not refuse Wuvable Oaf? the premise alone is something that appeals to me : A hirsute, cat loving, Morrissey fanatic and his burgeoning romance with the lead singer of a disco-grindcore band. Cats! Morrissey! Music! Humor! yes, yes and yes!
Thankfully I was not disappointed by this collection of the first Wuvable Oaf comics and then some short pieces which help the reader put things in perspective. There’s also a detailed character index at the back of the book and it’s a great help.
Like all good comics, there’s an underlying themes.Wuvable Oaf playfully satirises hipster culture ; musical attitudes, performance art and conceptual restaurants and this is pulled off brilliantly. However at it’s core it is a love story albeit one with pretty weird moments.
I loved the art style – think of the rubber quality of Robert Crumb’s characters, with a touch of Jaime Hernandez in there. Most of the panels a stuffed with detail so it pays to notice the details. The dialogue is funny and the stories are interlinked. Wuvable Oaf is an unpredictable and original headrush . Hopefully I’ll be able to invest in the second volume as I am curious to see how far Luce will take this character =.
Thankfully I was not disappointed by this collection of the first Wuvable Oaf comics and then some short pieces which help the reader put things in perspective. There’s also a detailed character index at the back of the book and it’s a great help.
Like all good comics, there’s an underlying themes.Wuvable Oaf playfully satirises hipster culture ; musical attitudes, performance art and conceptual restaurants and this is pulled off brilliantly. However at it’s core it is a love story albeit one with pretty weird moments.
I loved the art style – think of the rubber quality of Robert Crumb’s characters, with a touch of Jaime Hernandez in there. Most of the panels a stuffed with detail so it pays to notice the details. The dialogue is funny and the stories are interlinked. Wuvable Oaf is an unpredictable and original headrush . Hopefully I’ll be able to invest in the second volume as I am curious to see how far Luce will take this character =.