A review by archytas
Wayward Deluxe Book 1 by John Rauch, Steven Cummings, Jim Zub, Tamra Bonvillain
4.0
Gorgeous, eye-popping art; an intricate, mythology-based plot, and characters who feel distinct, if not yet fully real - what's not to like? This book moves at a rapid clip, which those (like me) who are strangers to Japanese mythology may find hard to keep up (I wish I'd read the excellent material at the back first, and it will make future installments more interesting.) But it also means there is a lot of story in the first 10 issues.
This was compared somewhere to a Japanese Buffy, but it felt much more like a Japanese Rick Riordan to me, only way more gory, and that's no bad thing. I just wish the women would stop holding down their skirts when they fall - like they have nothing else to worry about. (But seriously - that artwork - even when it's hard to follow it's always amazing to look at)
This was compared somewhere to a Japanese Buffy, but it felt much more like a Japanese Rick Riordan to me, only way more gory, and that's no bad thing. I just wish the women would stop holding down their skirts when they fall - like they have nothing else to worry about. (But seriously - that artwork - even when it's hard to follow it's always amazing to look at)