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zombeesknees's review
5.0
Inspired, bizarre, delightful, and sometimes rather poignant -- if you mixed The Far Side with The Addams Family and blended it with Victorian England. Positively charming.
graventy's review
4.0
This is a collection of simple, one panel tragedies that are clever in either wording, drawing, or both. It was pretty entertaining, though I think I actually would have enjoyed it better if it were a shorter book.
raynestorm's review
5.0
A true Comic Tragedy
Hilarious and tragic all at once, with gorgeous illustrations that are inclusive of people of all colours in very fancy 19th century apparel.
Hilarious and tragic all at once, with gorgeous illustrations that are inclusive of people of all colours in very fancy 19th century apparel.
aprilsarah's review
5.0
4.5 out of 5: Brilliant content, minor formatting issues*
This series is wonderfully whimsically snarky with a touch of witty nonsense. It is a light hearted read that just makes you smile no mater how your day is going. The illustrations are simply amazing and the fun game he added was great. I can't tell you how many hours I spent trying to decipher the clues.
I had a few issues with formatting. The text at the beginning was too small. It took some effort to read. The printing process wasn't at the quality I was expecting, creating lines in the illustrations. Also the margins were off making the comic's bleed a bit into the binding making it heard to see. I would have loved to see these beautiful creations in a way that let them truly shine.
But the content is so amazing. This is a book I will forever have on my shelf and I am now officially addicted to the tumblr.
See full review: http://youtu.be/qzhxHW55ikU
*I received this book as an advance reading copy for review.
This series is wonderfully whimsically snarky with a touch of witty nonsense. It is a light hearted read that just makes you smile no mater how your day is going. The illustrations are simply amazing and the fun game he added was great. I can't tell you how many hours I spent trying to decipher the clues.
I had a few issues with formatting. The text at the beginning was too small. It took some effort to read. The printing process wasn't at the quality I was expecting, creating lines in the illustrations. Also the margins were off making the comic's bleed a bit into the binding making it heard to see. I would have loved to see these beautiful creations in a way that let them truly shine.
But the content is so amazing. This is a book I will forever have on my shelf and I am now officially addicted to the tumblr.
See full review: http://youtu.be/qzhxHW55ikU
*I received this book as an advance reading copy for review.
elevetha's review
3.0
Some true gems in this comic collection, but with far too many duds scattered throughout to really deserve more than a middling rating.
Some of the concepts were really just bizarre. I didn't mind so much the bizarre, if I also found the comic to be amusing, but when the comic wasn't funny and also made no sense, it was disappointing and confusing. Not the best combo.
Still! Definitely worth the read, I got some good laughs out of it.
Some of the concepts were really just bizarre. I didn't mind so much the bizarre, if I also found the comic to be amusing, but when the comic wasn't funny and also made no sense, it was disappointing and confusing. Not the best combo.
Still! Definitely worth the read, I got some good laughs out of it.
wingedpotato's review
5.0
Like no other comic I've ever read. If Gorey lived in a steampunk Victorian England and had created Larson's the Far Side but had illustrated it with all the panache of Frank Frazetta, he might have produced something like this. Loved every weird page of it.
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