A review by kellswitch
Gloom Cookie Volume 1, by Serena Valentino
4.0
A bit mixed on this one. The art varies from crude to subtle, especially with the faces but overall it serves the stories well, especially considered how disjointed the stories can seem to be.
I enjoyed the common thread that runs through all of the stories but found them overall a bit hard to follow at first, I had to go back and reread the first few stories a few times to get my bearings, but once I figured out what was going on most everything else started to fall into place. I also enjoyed the mix of humor and darkness, the dramatic and the romantic that fill every story. The balance isn't perfect with this either, but like the uneven seeming art it fit the story somehow.
I enjoyed the common thread that runs through all of the stories but found them overall a bit hard to follow at first, I had to go back and reread the first few stories a few times to get my bearings, but once I figured out what was going on most everything else started to fall into place. I also enjoyed the mix of humor and darkness, the dramatic and the romantic that fill every story. The balance isn't perfect with this either, but like the uneven seeming art it fit the story somehow.