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A review by aveincobalt
Namesake, Volume 1 by Megan Lavey-Heaton, Isabelle Melançon
5.0
This is a brilliantly done webcomic.
Despite being a webcomic, it is so well written that you can hear the characters accents in your head. This is not accomplished by unusual spellings of words, but rather by the careful consideration of which words these characters would and would not use. This results in a delightful range of dialogue that spans over 200 years worth of expressions.
The artwork is astonishing, mostly being done in black and white, with only one specific color being used on the highlights of a page. That one color tells more about the mood, the setting, and the personality of the characters contained on that page then an entire spectrum of colors would.
While some of my friend whom I have recommended the series to, that did not have a basic knowledge of fairy tales, say that it can sometimes be a bit confusing, I believe that to be intentional. The main character, having found herself thrown into Oz with only a vague recollection of the movie, is just as lost to any references as the average reader. This is what I think makes this series brilliant, that we all have the potential to enter the fairy tales that we fantasized about as children. But once we got there would we be able to make it back out again?
Despite being a webcomic, it is so well written that you can hear the characters accents in your head. This is not accomplished by unusual spellings of words, but rather by the careful consideration of which words these characters would and would not use. This results in a delightful range of dialogue that spans over 200 years worth of expressions.
The artwork is astonishing, mostly being done in black and white, with only one specific color being used on the highlights of a page. That one color tells more about the mood, the setting, and the personality of the characters contained on that page then an entire spectrum of colors would.
While some of my friend whom I have recommended the series to, that did not have a basic knowledge of fairy tales, say that it can sometimes be a bit confusing, I believe that to be intentional. The main character, having found herself thrown into Oz with only a vague recollection of the movie, is just as lost to any references as the average reader. This is what I think makes this series brilliant, that we all have the potential to enter the fairy tales that we fantasized about as children. But once we got there would we be able to make it back out again?