A review by crookedtreehouse
Coda, Vol. 1 by Simon Spurrier
5.0
There have been a bunch of books in the last few years with similar color palletes, and quite a few with a similar art style. There have also been a fair amount of humorous fantasy adventure books, and post apocalyptic tales. This story flips all the others on their backs and exposes their scarred, shameful bellies.
The writing is fun, and often actually funnier than humorous. The plot doesn't have to be repeatedly explained, and does not require a Beautiful Mind wall of subplots to track what has happened in the prestory, the flashbacks, the flash forwards, the meanwhiles, or through seven hundred narration boxes on every page. Magic is gone. A race has been wiped out. The main character's wife was at least kidnapped, maybe killed by the bad guys and he wants revenge through any means necessary.
The art is inventive and gorgeous. The colors are bright.
I recommend this to anyone looking for fantasy that can make you laugh, people who liked the ideas behind Rat Queens or Scales & Scoundrels or Skullkickers but weren't too fond of the execution, and fans of Head Lopper.
The writing is fun, and often actually funnier than humorous. The plot doesn't have to be repeatedly explained, and does not require a Beautiful Mind wall of subplots to track what has happened in the prestory, the flashbacks, the flash forwards, the meanwhiles, or through seven hundred narration boxes on every page. Magic is gone. A race has been wiped out. The main character's wife was at least kidnapped, maybe killed by the bad guys and he wants revenge through any means necessary.
The art is inventive and gorgeous. The colors are bright.
I recommend this to anyone looking for fantasy that can make you laugh, people who liked the ideas behind Rat Queens or Scales & Scoundrels or Skullkickers but weren't too fond of the execution, and fans of Head Lopper.