A review by doctorwithoutboundaries
Giant Days Vol. 3 by John Allison

4.0

Note: This is a review of single issues #9-12.

Damn, everyone’s giving poor [a: Max Sarin|14676997|Max Sarin|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png] so much hate! Can’t really blame ’em, though; losing [a: Lissa Treiman|6720844|Lissa Treiman|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png]’s artwork has been quite a blow to this series. Initially, I was annoyed that the characters look slightly different than they did in the first volume but, thankfully, Sarin just gets the cheery and bright tone of this story. The colouring is superb, too, and a whole lot of fun. By the end of the last issue, she’d completely grown on me, and I could see that her art is as vivacious as Treiman’s (okay, not really, but almosttt).

I enjoyed the plots of these four issues, or rather the vignettes of university life. I LOVE that we got an Ed-centric issue. With it, Allison confirmed my belief that he’s great at writing chapters from the guys’ P.O.V., too. His characters are just that authentic. There’s also a deliciously absurd election subplot surrounding chain-smoker Susan. (I adored all the pop culture nods in these issues: guy in a Politico hoodie made me guffaw!) A good dose of relationship drama and angst rounds up the volume.

But I didn’t care much for the last issue, with its outlandish jaunt into a surviving-the-wilderness scenario: cute, even sad at times, but boring. Overall, anyway, I’d say this was the best arc yet! It was light and breezy, nearly wrangling five whole stars out of me. Most importantly, this series is making me read single issues instead of waiting for the TPBs to come out and that’s huuuge. O.O I don’t usually take the effort to read comics until they’re collected, but now I say: onwards to the next one! Woot!