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Home Sick Pilots #1-5
Home Sick Pilots, Volume 1: Teenage Haunts
In the summer of 1994, a haunted house walks across California. Inside is Ami, lead-singer of a high school punk band- who's been missing for weeks. How did she get there? What do these ghosts want? And does this mean the band have to break up?
Expect three chord songs and big bloody action as Power Rangers meets The Shining (yes really), and as writer DAN WATTERS (Lucifer/COFFIN BOUND) and artist CASPAR WIJNGAARD (Star Wars/Peter Cannon: Thunderbolt) delve into the horrors of misspent youth.
Expect three chord songs and big bloody action as Power Rangers meets The Shining (yes really), and as writer DAN WATTERS (Lucifer/COFFIN BOUND) and artist CASPAR WIJNGAARD (Star Wars/Peter Cannon: Thunderbolt) delve into the horrors of misspent youth.
152 pages, Paperback
First published December 9, 2020
About the author
Dan Watters
277 books110 followersDan Watters is a UK based comic book writer. His first book, LIMBO, was released through Image Comics in 2016. He has since written THE SHADOW at Dynamite Comics, and ASSASSIN’S CREED and WOLFENSTEIN for Titan Comics.
Currently he is writing the relaunch of LUCIFER for Vertigo’s Sandman Universe, as well as DEEP ROOTS for Vault Comics. Deeply rooted in London Town, and firmly of the Devil's party.
Currently he is writing the relaunch of LUCIFER for Vertigo’s Sandman Universe, as well as DEEP ROOTS for Vault Comics. Deeply rooted in London Town, and firmly of the Devil's party.
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June 1, 2021
I thought this was pretty great. The story follows three foster kids who start a band in SoCal in 1994. Then one of them enters a haunted house and establishes a rapport with it. I like how the story shifts as Ami begins to discover what's really happening. Casper Wjingaard's art is nice and clean with great colors. My one complaint about the art is that 2 or 3 pages each issue are just black with a couple of sentences of voiceover on them. One of my pet peeves in comics is when we have these cop out pages. Comics are expensive. I expect art on every page unless there's a story reason why there shouldn't be.
Received a review copy from Image and Edelweiss.
Received a review copy from Image and Edelweiss.
April 11, 2021
Yet another coming-of-age story, this time a 90s one (although it could've been now, not much that actually situates it in that era), and this time with ghosts..? Sure, why not.
Could've been interesting, but feels artificial and forced, even for a ghost story. So we get Ami, who starts helping a haunted house find back their ghosts, but it never felt properly established why she would do this. Sure, she's an orphan, something terrible happened to her family, but why would she drop everything and help a creepy house like this?
And then there's a government faction, because you need one of those (which only makes it feel less 1990s to me). And there are silly looking monsters, and action scenes between those monsters. The ghost story goes from 1 to 11 in a couple of pages, in a rushed way, not a fun way.
The ghosts do look cool, and the art is pretty good overall.
A bit of an artificial hodgepodge of ideas, this. Reminds me a bit of Middlewest, this - low key world building and then falling over its self to rush through a story.
(Picked up an ARC through Edelweiss)
Could've been interesting, but feels artificial and forced, even for a ghost story. So we get Ami, who starts helping a haunted house find back their ghosts, but it never felt properly established why she would do this. Sure, she's an orphan, something terrible happened to her family, but why would she drop everything and help a creepy house like this?
And then there's a government faction, because you need one of those (which only makes it feel less 1990s to me). And there are silly looking monsters, and action scenes between those monsters. The ghost story goes from 1 to 11 in a couple of pages, in a rushed way, not a fun way.
The ghosts do look cool, and the art is pretty good overall.
A bit of an artificial hodgepodge of ideas, this. Reminds me a bit of Middlewest, this - low key world building and then falling over its self to rush through a story.
(Picked up an ARC through Edelweiss)
April 21, 2022
A bunch of novel elements combined in an interesting with with some more traditional haunted-house stuff. I liked a lot about it, but it somehow didn't quite cohere, or needed something else to make it better. I think it would have helped if the process of Ami collecting the haunted items had been slower and the ghosts had more individual personalty and backstories -- they were really generic cgi horror.
3.5 rounded up.
3.5 rounded up.
April 15, 2021
SUPER FAST REVIEW:
This was good... but kinda went downhill after the first half or so.
The story is pretty cool. There’s some pretty well done and sometimes disturbing horror elements that I really liked here. It has a couple of sorta humorous moments and I definitely can’t say it’s slow. I also loved the artwork throughout, it’s a really cool style that worked very well for the story.
Unfortunately there’s some iffy dialogue, especially in the last 2 issues. It can get confusing. I actually noticed myself liking the characters less as it went on (they kinda all became a blur and some of them seem kinda douchey).
The ending has a really cool set up for volume 2 but even though I collected this first arc in issues, I’m probably waiting for the trade for the second arc. It’s pretty good though, I think a lot of people will like this series!
4/5
This was good... but kinda went downhill after the first half or so.
The story is pretty cool. There’s some pretty well done and sometimes disturbing horror elements that I really liked here. It has a couple of sorta humorous moments and I definitely can’t say it’s slow. I also loved the artwork throughout, it’s a really cool style that worked very well for the story.
Unfortunately there’s some iffy dialogue, especially in the last 2 issues. It can get confusing. I actually noticed myself liking the characters less as it went on (they kinda all became a blur and some of them seem kinda douchey).
The ending has a really cool set up for volume 2 but even though I collected this first arc in issues, I’m probably waiting for the trade for the second arc. It’s pretty good though, I think a lot of people will like this series!
4/5
May 9, 2021
*Thanks to Edelweiss and the publisher for providing me with an eARC in exchange for an honest review*
*More like 3.8 stars than 4.*
This was a fast-paced and intriguing comic. I liked it a lot for its concept, but I still have to admit it was a bit of a muddle.
It felt as though this comic was confused with what it wanted to be — it had aspects of horror, ghosts, coming of age, mystery, punk — so it sort of attempted to be all of those at once. And the result was a somewhat feeble plot with potential yet not enough finesse to perfect its execution. What it needed to do was lean into the horror aspect or lean into the supernatural aspect. Starting out with horror and then inserting the supernatural felt like a strange change of pace. Then the dithering in-between them both limited the action from reaching the next level. I suppose the plot wasn’t necessarily bad, but I wanted it to be more.
The characters were well-crafted. I loved the protagonist’s narrative voice and the friendship between the Home Sick Pilots. There was clearly some vital background of the protagonist’s that needs to be explored soon and I imagine that’ll happen in a later issue, I’m not fussed that it didn’t happen in this. There were enough hints to her background to intrigue me which is more than good enough for a first volume.
And, as the cover art suggests, the art was fantastic. I absolutely loved the style and the colours and the covers. They definitely helped elevate the comic to a higher level. The character designs for the ghosts were mostly mediocre except for the horseshoe man whose design managed to be pretty creepy for me.
Despite a few shortcomings, I’m still looking forward to seeing what the next volume of this comic explores and I hope it improves its focus as it goes.
*More like 3.8 stars than 4.*
This was a fast-paced and intriguing comic. I liked it a lot for its concept, but I still have to admit it was a bit of a muddle.
It felt as though this comic was confused with what it wanted to be — it had aspects of horror, ghosts, coming of age, mystery, punk — so it sort of attempted to be all of those at once. And the result was a somewhat feeble plot with potential yet not enough finesse to perfect its execution. What it needed to do was lean into the horror aspect or lean into the supernatural aspect. Starting out with horror and then inserting the supernatural felt like a strange change of pace. Then the dithering in-between them both limited the action from reaching the next level. I suppose the plot wasn’t necessarily bad, but I wanted it to be more.
The characters were well-crafted. I loved the protagonist’s narrative voice and the friendship between the Home Sick Pilots. There was clearly some vital background of the protagonist’s that needs to be explored soon and I imagine that’ll happen in a later issue, I’m not fussed that it didn’t happen in this. There were enough hints to her background to intrigue me which is more than good enough for a first volume.
And, as the cover art suggests, the art was fantastic. I absolutely loved the style and the colours and the covers. They definitely helped elevate the comic to a higher level. The character designs for the ghosts were mostly mediocre except for the horseshoe man whose design managed to be pretty creepy for me.
Despite a few shortcomings, I’m still looking forward to seeing what the next volume of this comic explores and I hope it improves its focus as it goes.
May 18, 2021
The collaboration between writer Dan Watters and artist Caspar Wijngaard came to fruition on the Image comic book Limbo, a new spin on the theological concept of Purgatory, whilst being a surreal neon-noir fusing hardboiled pulp with an ’80s VHS visual aesthetic. Although that particular comic has a labyrinthine narrative that can be hard to follow, its originality and weirdness piqued interest to see what the creative pair would have in store next. Enter: Home Sick Pilots.
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August 1, 2021
Punk chaos that succumbs to its own entropy. The 90s neon glitters while the plot sneaks past and fades like a ghost.
January 14, 2022
3.5 stars
Nice! Liked the concept, I am always a sucker for a haunted house plot. However… I wish there had been meat on these bones, you know? The plot was good, the pacing was fine, the art was stylistically eye catching. But I wanted more of everything to tip this into the next level. Interested to see if the second volume brings it up that next notch!
Nice! Liked the concept, I am always a sucker for a haunted house plot. However… I wish there had been meat on these bones, you know? The plot was good, the pacing was fine, the art was stylistically eye catching. But I wanted more of everything to tip this into the next level. Interested to see if the second volume brings it up that next notch!
September 14, 2021
The art was colorful and gorgeous but the story was extremely rushed.
May 21, 2022
May's 3rd book
I liked it .
به نظرم دو تا جمله اول خلاصه اش برای توضیحش کافیه
A haunted house walks across California. Inside is Ami, lead-singer of a high school punk band- who's been missing for weeks ..
I liked it .
به نظرم دو تا جمله اول خلاصه اش برای توضیحش کافیه
A haunted house walks across California. Inside is Ami, lead-singer of a high school punk band- who's been missing for weeks ..
May 14, 2021
Two feuding teenage rock bands. A haunted house. A Voltron-type monster. And a shady government agency. Recipe for disaster, or the ingredients for success?
Maybe a bit of both. Dan Watters' latest venture into creator owned comics has a lot of interesting ideas flying around, but it can at times become too muddled for its own good. HSP seems to want to be a supernatural book, a sci-fi book, a Phonogram-esque commentary on the power of music, and a romance all at once, and as a result it becomes a jack of all trades, master of none type deal.
It's not bad, not at all. The concepts that unfold are definitely interesting, and I'm intrigued to follow them through, but the storytelling can become a bit obtuse in that it doesn't explain enough about each of them to make them as compelling as they could be. And the characters, particularly the two mains and the haunted house (which is a character in itself) have a lot to offer, when they're not spouting exposition or running in fear.
On art is Casper Wjingaard, who I know mostly from Angelic and Star Wars; his pencils are clean and clear, and he knows how to ink and colour a scene in order to make it pop. There are some great splash pages that show off the entire house as part of an action sequence, which are especially notable.
HSP stumbles out of the gate, but there's a lot of potential. If it can decide exactly what it wants to be rather than trying to do everything at once, I think it could really become something unique.
Maybe a bit of both. Dan Watters' latest venture into creator owned comics has a lot of interesting ideas flying around, but it can at times become too muddled for its own good. HSP seems to want to be a supernatural book, a sci-fi book, a Phonogram-esque commentary on the power of music, and a romance all at once, and as a result it becomes a jack of all trades, master of none type deal.
It's not bad, not at all. The concepts that unfold are definitely interesting, and I'm intrigued to follow them through, but the storytelling can become a bit obtuse in that it doesn't explain enough about each of them to make them as compelling as they could be. And the characters, particularly the two mains and the haunted house (which is a character in itself) have a lot to offer, when they're not spouting exposition or running in fear.
On art is Casper Wjingaard, who I know mostly from Angelic and Star Wars; his pencils are clean and clear, and he knows how to ink and colour a scene in order to make it pop. There are some great splash pages that show off the entire house as part of an action sequence, which are especially notable.
HSP stumbles out of the gate, but there's a lot of potential. If it can decide exactly what it wants to be rather than trying to do everything at once, I think it could really become something unique.
May 22, 2021
Not fully sure how to judge this one. It's a good looking book. The art is slick and the colors are fantastic. But story-wise, it's a bit all over the place. It doesn't seem to know what it wants to be, even on a page-to-page basis. Horror? Superhero? Kaiju? There's elements of all three and more. It's got promise though if it can find a consistent narrative. I'll stick with it through the next volume at least.
March 12, 2021
HOLY CRAP that was awesome! A girl, going in a house that she understands, a haunted house.. but how much does she really know about the house? How innocent is this house? We as the reader are not just following Ami, but also Buzz. And through him we see that the house is definitely a baddie. Something hungry. Something evil. Something possessed. And that with Ami's help things have gone even scarier. There were some gory bits, some weird bits (people transforming and battles and the likes), some scary bits, but in overall I really loved this one. It is just what I am in the mood for. Something strange and scary. And the art? AWESOME. I love the style.
June 3, 2021
Got bored a out half way through. I wonder if Watters style just isn't for me.
May 29, 2021
So this is really good.
I loved the art style and the story! Original and very cool. I love the idea of a living haunted house; it's not something I've seen very often but I like it. I also found the different ghosts really interesting but I wish that there'd been more development of each type of ghost or that we'd at least spent more time with the ones we'd seen.
For such a little amount of history about the characters, they still felt like their own people. I'm excited to learn more about their pasts in the next volume, which I will definitely be reading!
I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review.
I loved the art style and the story! Original and very cool. I love the idea of a living haunted house; it's not something I've seen very often but I like it. I also found the different ghosts really interesting but I wish that there'd been more development of each type of ghost or that we'd at least spent more time with the ones we'd seen.
For such a little amount of history about the characters, they still felt like their own people. I'm excited to learn more about their pasts in the next volume, which I will definitely be reading!
I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review.
July 28, 2021
Collects Issues 1-5
4/5 I had fun with this one. While it doesn’t always make sense it’s blend of horror and super hero was cool. A group of teens in the 90s form a band called the Home Sick Pilots (hence the title) and get wrapped up with a haunted house with a bloody history. Ami front woman for the Pilots becomes kind of a care taker for the house and helps it retrieve it’s missing Ghosts.
Each ghost is unique in its abilities which is where the super hero angle comes out in. All in all I liked it and hope to check out future volumes.
4/5 I had fun with this one. While it doesn’t always make sense it’s blend of horror and super hero was cool. A group of teens in the 90s form a band called the Home Sick Pilots (hence the title) and get wrapped up with a haunted house with a bloody history. Ami front woman for the Pilots becomes kind of a care taker for the house and helps it retrieve it’s missing Ghosts.
Each ghost is unique in its abilities which is where the super hero angle comes out in. All in all I liked it and hope to check out future volumes.
January 15, 2023
2.5 Star
I was looking forward to this. There was a great looking colour palette and had a hankering for some teenage F the world dialogue. The writing wasn't authentic enough for me and was juvenile in all the wrong ways (note immaturity is tolerated and even welcome)needed way more angst. I kind of skimmed the last 30 pages or so but looked like more of the same strange happenings with very little explanation. This one is definitely out there.
I was looking forward to this. There was a great looking colour palette and had a hankering for some teenage F the world dialogue. The writing wasn't authentic enough for me and was juvenile in all the wrong ways (note immaturity is tolerated and even welcome)needed way more angst. I kind of skimmed the last 30 pages or so but looked like more of the same strange happenings with very little explanation. This one is definitely out there.
October 8, 2022
I liked the art quite a bit, but the storyline and the characters weren't working out for me.
November 23, 2022
This was okay. I liked the art and the ghosts, but nothing about this haunted house story really grabbed me. I'm not a big graphic novel fan anyway, and I think I'll skip the rest of the series.
May 20, 2021
Home Sick Pilots is a horror/sci-fi series by Dan Watters and Caspar Wijngaard.
Summer 1994 — Ami, Buzz, and Rip are three teenagers that make up the punk band Home Sick Pilots, and they are all foster kids. Their rival band is The Nuclear Bastards. And then there’s the Old James House, a haunted house that apparently kills people.
When Ami ventures into the house, her friends can’t seem to find her. And the adventure continues from there.
I really enjoyed the premise of the story and the art is fantastic. It was strange but in the best way. I wasn’t expecting the government involvement aspect, so I’m curious where they will take that part of the story in the next volume. I also hope to get more of Ami’s back story that they kept alluding to.
CW: suicide/self harm, substance use, blood/gore
Summer 1994 — Ami, Buzz, and Rip are three teenagers that make up the punk band Home Sick Pilots, and they are all foster kids. Their rival band is The Nuclear Bastards. And then there’s the Old James House, a haunted house that apparently kills people.
When Ami ventures into the house, her friends can’t seem to find her. And the adventure continues from there.
I really enjoyed the premise of the story and the art is fantastic. It was strange but in the best way. I wasn’t expecting the government involvement aspect, so I’m curious where they will take that part of the story in the next volume. I also hope to get more of Ami’s back story that they kept alluding to.
CW: suicide/self harm, substance use, blood/gore
April 18, 2021
“Can you imagine being stripped of all the things that you think make you a you?”
Yep, I really dug this. The final two action-heavy issues stumble a bit, but the crux of the story Watter's is setting up is very appealing to my action-horror interests. The writing is a bit hit-or-miss, but Watter is working with a cool premise and an even cooler art team, so it balanced out for me. Wijngaard's visuals strike a terrific balance between genuinely unsettling imagery and energetic action, so even though the story itself doesn't have me completely hooked (although it comes very close), I absolutely want to spend more time in the punk-rock-haunted-house world the team has cooked up.
I hope the next volume develops the characters and their motivations more because I don't think the cool factor of the premise is enough to sustain the series long term. But for now, I'm very on-board and am excited to see where it goes.
June 7, 2021
I received a free copy from Edelweiss in exchange for an honest review.
Hmmm, all I can really say is that I am very confused. I did not hate this, but I can't say that I enjoyed it either? So overall I would give this 2.5 stars.
From the beginning I could say that I liked the artwork more, than the story itself. I think the artist did a great job! But maybe this genre just isn't my cup of tea and that's why I didn't like the writing that much. The story focuses on a haunted house, that can actually think and act for itself and takes Ami kind of prisoner, as it asks her to find its ghosts around the country and bring them back to the house. Meanwhile a lot of people get murdered and Ami's friends try and find her and get her back.
It is still not clear to me what the ghosts want, or how they got to be in the house. And why the house can actually think and do stuff... And who is this other team of ghost-hunters (?) trying to catch Ami and her friends? So many unanswered questions, maybe they'll get explored in the next volume!
Hmmm, all I can really say is that I am very confused. I did not hate this, but I can't say that I enjoyed it either? So overall I would give this 2.5 stars.
From the beginning I could say that I liked the artwork more, than the story itself. I think the artist did a great job! But maybe this genre just isn't my cup of tea and that's why I didn't like the writing that much. The story focuses on a haunted house, that can actually think and act for itself and takes Ami kind of prisoner, as it asks her to find its ghosts around the country and bring them back to the house. Meanwhile a lot of people get murdered and Ami's friends try and find her and get her back.
It is still not clear to me what the ghosts want, or how they got to be in the house. And why the house can actually think and do stuff... And who is this other team of ghost-hunters (?) trying to catch Ami and her friends? So many unanswered questions, maybe they'll get explored in the next volume!
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April 18, 2021"Can you imagine being stripped of all the things that you think make you a you? It was something I'd hoped never to feel again. It was something I could feel in that house."
The ubiquitous experience of 2020s life, but set a comic in the nineties and it'll do as the premise for a horror story. Ami is a member of the eponymous West Coast punk band, and the story kicks off at the last show by local scene rivals the Nuclear Bastards. Soon, because of some plot, the two bands find themselves at the old James house on the edge of town; before long the Bastards are gone, and Ami is trapped by the house, with a promise of release in due course. That does not happen (again, sound familiar?). The basic idea is solid – a haunted house, however scary it might be, is contained, but what if all the artefacts looted from it by kids on dares and such manage to spread its malign influence across the whole area? There are also some lovely visuals when the House contorts and reforms itself to keep people trapped, which reminded me in places of the best modern haunted house story of all, House Of Leaves. But then a mysterious government agency* interferes with one of the retrievals, and it starts to become clear how the story gets back to the cold open, in which the house was stomping its way across the country like an architectural kaiju. That was cool, but the intervening stage, with people forming themselves battlesuits from ghosts, feels more like someone foolishly accepted a brief to turn Gideon Falls into a Saturday morning cartoon, and instead made a sort of poor man's Doom Patrol. Watters and Wijngaard have done some absolutely brilliant comics, both separately and together, but this one felt a bit too much like a deliberate attempt at a crossover hit for me to quite love it.
Still, like I say, in places it does catch that 2020s spirit pretty well. "It's exhilarating to have the dull world suddenly plunged into color, more exciting than it's ever been. It's the same feeling I got the first time I went to a basement show. Yes, this is the point of it. This was the point of being born." Yep. Nice while it lasted, wasn't it?
*Who, to be fair, are a lot less dull than the vast majority of mysterious government agencies which deal with the supernatural in the 172,321 other comics on that theme.
(Edelweiss ARC)
The ubiquitous experience of 2020s life, but set a comic in the nineties and it'll do as the premise for a horror story. Ami is a member of the eponymous West Coast punk band, and the story kicks off at the last show by local scene rivals the Nuclear Bastards. Soon, because of some plot, the two bands find themselves at the old James house on the edge of town; before long the Bastards are gone, and Ami is trapped by the house, with a promise of release in due course. That does not happen (again, sound familiar?). The basic idea is solid – a haunted house, however scary it might be, is contained, but what if all the artefacts looted from it by kids on dares and such manage to spread its malign influence across the whole area? There are also some lovely visuals when the House contorts and reforms itself to keep people trapped, which reminded me in places of the best modern haunted house story of all, House Of Leaves. But then a mysterious government agency* interferes with one of the retrievals, and it starts to become clear how the story gets back to the cold open, in which the house was stomping its way across the country like an architectural kaiju. That was cool, but the intervening stage, with people forming themselves battlesuits from ghosts, feels more like someone foolishly accepted a brief to turn Gideon Falls into a Saturday morning cartoon, and instead made a sort of poor man's Doom Patrol. Watters and Wijngaard have done some absolutely brilliant comics, both separately and together, but this one felt a bit too much like a deliberate attempt at a crossover hit for me to quite love it.
Still, like I say, in places it does catch that 2020s spirit pretty well. "It's exhilarating to have the dull world suddenly plunged into color, more exciting than it's ever been. It's the same feeling I got the first time I went to a basement show. Yes, this is the point of it. This was the point of being born." Yep. Nice while it lasted, wasn't it?
*Who, to be fair, are a lot less dull than the vast majority of mysterious government agencies which deal with the supernatural in the 172,321 other comics on that theme.
(Edelweiss ARC)
August 21, 2022
So fun!! It combines horror/thriller and emo rock bands so beautifully 😂 Not everyone’s cup of tea but I loved it.
July 29, 2022
I liked it but it was a little confusing to follow along with
June 7, 2021
Mon avis en Français
My English review
I was intrigued by the cover of this comic and when I saw that the theme was ghosts, I got into the story to see how it was. In fact, I couldn’t wait to finish this novel to find out what would happen to our dear Ami.
I don’t want to say too much, but I enjoyed following Ami and her friends. Nothing will be easy, but their friendship will be stronger than anything no matter what!
It was a very nice first volume. The drawings are well mastered and you can easily be taken by the story. I’m quite curious to see what will happen next.
My English review
I was intrigued by the cover of this comic and when I saw that the theme was ghosts, I got into the story to see how it was. In fact, I couldn’t wait to finish this novel to find out what would happen to our dear Ami.
I don’t want to say too much, but I enjoyed following Ami and her friends. Nothing will be easy, but their friendship will be stronger than anything no matter what!
It was a very nice first volume. The drawings are well mastered and you can easily be taken by the story. I’m quite curious to see what will happen next.
January 10, 2021
Pretty strong start for a new series!
We follow a young punk band as they are rivaling with another band in the search of the perfect venue to play an underground gig in. Our MC is a girl that feels like a misfit and she is a foster child and a troublemaker.
She decides to go investigate a spooky house on her own and some supernatural stuff ensue.
I was left with many questions by the end of this issue and I NEED TO KNOW.
Cool way of storytelling, great art. The color choice is spectacular.
Can't wait for the next one!
We follow a young punk band as they are rivaling with another band in the search of the perfect venue to play an underground gig in. Our MC is a girl that feels like a misfit and she is a foster child and a troublemaker.
She decides to go investigate a spooky house on her own and some supernatural stuff ensue.
I was left with many questions by the end of this issue and I NEED TO KNOW.
Cool way of storytelling, great art. The color choice is spectacular.
Can't wait for the next one!
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March 23, 2022can’t a graphic novel be confusing??? like i kind of got it but also i didn’t??
🤷🏻♀️ look i’m gonna continue because i’m curious, i love the color palette AND i just wanna go was gonna happen!
🤷🏻♀️ look i’m gonna continue because i’m curious, i love the color palette AND i just wanna go was gonna happen!
June 5, 2022
Ich finde die Idee sehr sehr cool, die Charaktere sind ebenfalls mal was anderes. Was mich auch richtig begeistern konnte, war die farbliche Gestaltung und Anordnung des Comics und dessen Panels (Einzelbilder). Bei kontrastreicher, zugleich düsterer und intensiver Farben bin ich sehr begeisterungsfähig, was ich hier mal wieder gemerkt habe. Allein deswegen ist der Comic einfach schon ein Hingucker!
Auch die Handlung fand ich ziemlich cool, wenn auch sehr abgedreht und teils ein wenig chaotisch – aber genau das passt auch wieder zum Hauptcharakter und dem Plot des Ganzen.
Was mich dagegen doch recht stark gestört hat, ist der krasse Fokus auf ein, zwei Charaktere. Ein dritter wird auch am Ende was präsenter, da vermutlich im zweiten Band sehr wichtig und zentral, aber davon abgesehen bleiben die anderen Charaktere eher im Schatten. Dadurch ist vor allem eine Entwicklung, die auch wichtig erscheint, überhaupt nicht nachvollziehbar für mich. Statt dass ich es nachvollziehen kann, dass der Charakter plötzlich so seltsam drauf und (meiner Ansicht nach) voll neben sich ist, war ich einfach nur verwirrt und fand das ganze extrem überdramatisch von ihm. Das ist vor allem schade, weil der Charakter eng mit der Hauptrolle verbunden ist und ich eigentlich sicher war, ein Bild des Charakters zu haben. Aber vielleicht wird das ja wieder aufgegriffen und erklärt?
Auch die Handlung fand ich ziemlich cool, wenn auch sehr abgedreht und teils ein wenig chaotisch – aber genau das passt auch wieder zum Hauptcharakter und dem Plot des Ganzen.
Was mich dagegen doch recht stark gestört hat, ist der krasse Fokus auf ein, zwei Charaktere. Ein dritter wird auch am Ende was präsenter, da vermutlich im zweiten Band sehr wichtig und zentral, aber davon abgesehen bleiben die anderen Charaktere eher im Schatten. Dadurch ist vor allem eine Entwicklung, die auch wichtig erscheint, überhaupt nicht nachvollziehbar für mich. Statt dass ich es nachvollziehen kann, dass der Charakter plötzlich so seltsam drauf und (meiner Ansicht nach) voll neben sich ist, war ich einfach nur verwirrt und fand das ganze extrem überdramatisch von ihm. Das ist vor allem schade, weil der Charakter eng mit der Hauptrolle verbunden ist und ich eigentlich sicher war, ein Bild des Charakters zu haben. Aber vielleicht wird das ja wieder aufgegriffen und erklärt?
August 31, 2024
Really enjoyed this book. Both the art and the writing feel vibrant and fresh. It’s both the engaging spectacle and the underpinning metaphor that makes this book work as well as it does.
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