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zorpblorp's review
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
3.25
cemeterygates's review against another edition
4.0
A fantastic collection that jumps between darkly funny and darkly, well, dark. Harkham loves to stack his panels in his shorter works, making pages that look like old Gasoline Alley strips, while his longer pieces are much sparser, establishing mood and feeling quite effectively. Poor Sailor is probably the highlight of the collection, though it's all strong.
nearit's review
4.0
The tiny short strips and minutiae collected here remind me of the comics environment as I knew it in my youth: endlessly worried about the world and their place in it.
The more substantial strips suggest a distinct worldview, one that takes this sense of worry and extends it into interpersonal and spiritual realms, expressed through a deceptively expressive sort of image making.
The page layouts are seemingly calm, but the lines out of which they take shape remain agitated from start to end, and the muted colours aren't easily absorbed either.
The more substantial strips suggest a distinct worldview, one that takes this sense of worry and extends it into interpersonal and spiritual realms, expressed through a deceptively expressive sort of image making.
The page layouts are seemingly calm, but the lines out of which they take shape remain agitated from start to end, and the muted colours aren't easily absorbed either.
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