kadi_p's review
5.0
*Spoilers, read at your own discretion.*
Stunning. Absolutely beautiful. Almost brought me to tears. This comic is supposed to be just funny. It’s only a silly comedy — isn’t it?
I said in my review of the last issue that it seemed like this comic had some kind of political agenda or view it was trying to push onto the reader but I think that less so now.
I think this comic is masquerading as a silly humorous teen-aimed comic. Really it is a social commentary. But not on how a certain political group are wrong. More on how society is wrong and how it is right. And, most importantly, how we are human. I think that is beautiful. It’s not often you get such an unexpected message in a comical comic, after all.
Yes, you have all the cute and funny characters scattered around but the most poignant character of all in this issue had to be the monkey. A blue monkey managed to capture my heart, guys. Not something I will often say. It seems like the monkey has been through so much trauma.
Just look at his face of horror:
And his TEAR. THAT LITTLE TEAR GOT ME.
There are some genuinely ridiculous jokes in here which is what makes this issue so funny and it nicely counteracts all the dark subjects that are touched up. Like Zan is hilarious:
And, forgive me for asking, but is the Scrambler... wearing an egg?
Legit. This guy. Is. WEARING. An. Egg. I cannot get over this, guys.
Can I just say, I would really love to read about this:
It would be so cool!
And Aunt Phetamine is such a great character. Not only does she have a hilarious name but she says stuff like this:
And this:
She even made it rhyme, ha!
This comic is very much a mixture of two different genres, like it doesn’t know what it wants to be. It wants to entertain you but at the same time teach you. And I really admire that. Especially considering how the main audience for this comic are young people.
This is beautiful:
”On Earth, the most important power you can have isn’t shape-shifting. It isn’t flight, orstrength... or invulnerability.”
So, all in all, a very amusing issue. Most importantly, a very touching one. It’s clearly very hard to predict which route these issues will be taking in terms of the comedy and message. I’m very interested to see what they do next.
And I’ll just end with this beautiful quote:
“It’s easy to imagine that the world is divided into good and evil. But those concepts are often complicated and not easily defined. The true moral struggle isn’t between good and evil. It’s between pettiness and generosity. So when the world seems too complex and horrifying to know what to do... err on the side of generosity. For, in the end, it’s the greatest power we have. No one who brings love into the world is ever truly alone. As a wise man once taught me... you save the world one act of kindness at a time.”
Check out my review for issue #2!!
Stunning. Absolutely beautiful. Almost brought me to tears. This comic is supposed to be just funny. It’s only a silly comedy — isn’t it?
I said in my review of the last issue that it seemed like this comic had some kind of political agenda or view it was trying to push onto the reader but I think that less so now.
I think this comic is masquerading as a silly humorous teen-aimed comic. Really it is a social commentary. But not on how a certain political group are wrong. More on how society is wrong and how it is right. And, most importantly, how we are human. I think that is beautiful. It’s not often you get such an unexpected message in a comical comic, after all.
Yes, you have all the cute and funny characters scattered around but the most poignant character of all in this issue had to be the monkey. A blue monkey managed to capture my heart, guys. Not something I will often say. It seems like the monkey has been through so much trauma.
Just look at his face of horror:
And his TEAR. THAT LITTLE TEAR GOT ME.
There are some genuinely ridiculous jokes in here which is what makes this issue so funny and it nicely counteracts all the dark subjects that are touched up. Like Zan is hilarious:
And, forgive me for asking, but is the Scrambler... wearing an egg?
Legit. This guy. Is. WEARING. An. Egg. I cannot get over this, guys.
Can I just say, I would really love to read about this:
It would be so cool!
And Aunt Phetamine is such a great character. Not only does she have a hilarious name but she says stuff like this:
And this:
She even made it rhyme, ha!
This comic is very much a mixture of two different genres, like it doesn’t know what it wants to be. It wants to entertain you but at the same time teach you. And I really admire that. Especially considering how the main audience for this comic are young people.
This is beautiful:
”On Earth, the most important power you can have isn’t shape-shifting. It isn’t flight, orstrength... or invulnerability.”
So, all in all, a very amusing issue. Most importantly, a very touching one. It’s clearly very hard to predict which route these issues will be taking in terms of the comedy and message. I’m very interested to see what they do next.
And I’ll just end with this beautiful quote:
“It’s easy to imagine that the world is divided into good and evil. But those concepts are often complicated and not easily defined. The true moral struggle isn’t between good and evil. It’s between pettiness and generosity. So when the world seems too complex and horrifying to know what to do... err on the side of generosity. For, in the end, it’s the greatest power we have. No one who brings love into the world is ever truly alone. As a wise man once taught me... you save the world one act of kindness at a time.”
Check out my review for issue #2!!
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