As a whole, I enjoyed the anthology."Avis" was a bit of a disappointment. I did love Neko's art and the beginning
was very promising. However, I had the feeling like a page was missing. I
understood what the chara was doing, up until the last panel, where it looks
like a plane is skywriting. The panel before that suggests that the main chara
is saying that the amount of money is enough. After that, it made no sense to
me.
In contrast, "Return," by Grace Ho, managed to tell its story in the short
amount of pages. I liked the surprise ending, I understood everything that was
going on. Also, I like the art style.
I enjoyed "Agony-Ecstacy" by Pluto. I love vampires, so of course, that will
prejudice me a wee bit, and I already like her art style. For a dark manga, I
thought the punchline about wood being the only thing that will kill him was
hillarious. I'm not sure if that was what Pluto wanted but I liked it. I love
vampire in-jokes.
Other manga stories I enjoyed included "Dirty Kitty," by Melissa Andreoletti
which I thought was very cute, and "Brotherly Love" by Lisette Alvarez, whose
incest-like subject matter was handled in a way that surprised me in the end.
I like being surprised in the end.
The only manga story I didn't like was "Jinan Legacy," by Harley Sparks, even
though the art was good. It was a bit too gory for me, but that was my only
problem with it.
Can't wait 'til the next issue!-- reviewed by
Janette
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