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3.5 it’s very… rushed and surface level? but it’s okay. enjoyable. queer.
Rushed and a bit on the nose. Should have been longer but I wonder if its briefness played a role in my overall tolerance. Would not recommend, sadly.
Ending was kind of fast, but I guess there wasn't that much more to say. Really good.
File this one under the “I enjoyed this immensly up until the final issue”, which sadly looks like a trend among a lot of indie books I’ve read this year. This one does have a really sweet love story at the center that I enjoyed, but the last few pages of this book completely “jump the shark” as one would say. The ending is rushed as fuck, way too on the nose, and it just doesn’t stick the landing in the way the writer wanted it to. It sucks too because with a title like the one this had, I went...
"I know that you're not used to the kinds of traditions that are valued by people at this level of society. I'm sure we seem strange and silly to you. But those traditions exist for a reason, and they're important. Traditions are what make a family--and a community--last."What is the price for comfort? That seems to be the central question that Gailey wrestles with within this brief but exceptional series. Illustrators Pius Bak and Roman Titov examine this, often casting our protagonist, Joey, i...
Absolutely bonkers
A bit on the nose but fun. Metaphors are good and I like the illustrations. Very quick fun read.
Instead of just telling a story the desire to be of so clever and 'say big things' gets in the way. A better tale is told when politics is left behind.
A really unexpected comment on capitalism. The carnal atmosphere is intense. It’s also kind of horrendous. It was thought provoking but extremely on the nose. The ending felt extremely sudden and left a lot to be desired. It may require a second read to allow for a better more concrete opinion but honestly not sure if it deserves that. Throughout the comic you feel a bit lost in the dynamics of the charcaters a bit. I know it is a limited/short release five issue comic but more oculd have been d...
nice art really fun concept but not enough space to do enough with it, needed way more time for the mystery and the consequences for it to really hit. felt like a synopsis of a good story
Horrible and horrifying. Deeply fucked-up and disturbing. Sarah Gailey knocks it out of the park again.
Gailey took the leftist joke about eating the rich, and made it literal. It was a disgusting, horrifying delight to read.
What a ride! Felt a little rushed (this is something I feel often about both Gailey's work and comic runs) but overall a damn good time. This type of horror can seem a little on-the-nose, but I think there's something viscerally satisfying about it.
Jo goes with her boyfriend to his hometown island where she discovers they are canibals and eat the staff. After consuming human she is stuck their or she will starve. The nanny Petal helps her kill her boyfriend and they decide to have the staff kill all the rich people. the end.
A short run about the cannibalistic nature of capitalism where the opposition is fairly literal
A very on-the-nose horror tale about our current state of economics.
I just finished this whole five issue series -- each issue is less than thirty pages. This is extremely quick-concept and parable horror. Truly disgusting. I really liked it. There's a lot in this basic concept that doesn't really bear treating it at it's face (if this is how all rich people are, then how come it's not just common knowledge?) but it's not meant too! It's very obvious analogy and it works really well! The victims are coerced into sacrificing themselves, are forced to be complicit...
(3.5/5) A super fucked up capitalistic cannibalistic horror show, in the best way possible.
3-3.5 stars on first read (possibly that spaced-out single issues isn't the best way to read graphic novels). Personally enjoyed the cannibalism twist, the fucked-up family dynamics, and the queer and class subplots.
I'm not sure what it says about me that I enjoyed this miniseries so much, but Sarah Gailey knows how to write a wild story. This story is part fish-out-of-water and part Hannibal Lecter and to say more would ruin the fun.
