A review by ocurtsinger
Orc Stain, Vol. 1 by James Stokoe

4.0

Bizarre and grotesque and cheeky, yet wonderfully illustrated and beautifully colored. The most compelling aspect of it, though, is not really the illustration or the outlandishness, but how succinct Stokoe is at world-building. Every detail is laid out very naturally; some elements are worth explaining, while others are subversively placed in the background. It's all very rich and suggests that Stokoe is very skilled at creating an absorbing environment as much as he is at illustrating or telling a good story (the plot isn't very fresh or original, but that's excusable given how fresh [or rotten, rather, in the best possible way] the rest of the book is).