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A review by skthereader
Ichiro by Ryan Inzana
adventurous
challenging
*Recommended
I have a lot of feelings about this. I could relate a lot with the story but of course at the same time I felt detached. I'm not of mixed race but I did grow up in a country heavily suffering colonial mentality. The prejudices that Ichiro has from growing up are quite similar to my experiences. Though that's really a whole other talk that needs it own post.
I really liked the art of the story. I loved the paneling since I often felt, while reading superhero comics, that too much was happening in one page and it was pretty crammed? Well maybe that's just me but I liked the whole format of the story and how the panels flowed pretty well and the art just appealed to me as whole.
Story-wise, I feel like the parts are all so disconnected. It's like a random mush-up of these ideas the author wanted to present but it didn't really all tie up nicely at the end. In fact, it just feels confusing. while I appreciate all the issues the author wanted to bring up (a lot of quotable quotes that apply to me really), and all the Japanese myths that were involved with the story, I felt like it seemed out of place. Maybe I'm missing some context on how the fantasy element goes with the themes of everything else. I feel like they were just somehow mashed up for the sake of it.
I did still quite enjoy reading this and went through it pretty quickly. I do think that the author would be very good at putting together contemporary short comics or just myths alone.
I have a lot of feelings about this. I could relate a lot with the story but of course at the same time I felt detached. I'm not of mixed race but I did grow up in a country heavily suffering colonial mentality. The prejudices that Ichiro has from growing up are quite similar to my experiences. Though that's really a whole other talk that needs it own post.
I really liked the art of the story. I loved the paneling since I often felt, while reading superhero comics, that too much was happening in one page and it was pretty crammed? Well maybe that's just me but I liked the whole format of the story and how the panels flowed pretty well and the art just appealed to me as whole.
Story-wise, I feel like the parts are all so disconnected. It's like a random mush-up of these ideas the author wanted to present but it didn't really all tie up nicely at the end. In fact, it just feels confusing. while I appreciate all the issues the author wanted to bring up (a lot of quotable quotes that apply to me really), and all the Japanese myths that were involved with the story, I felt like it seemed out of place. Maybe I'm missing some context on how the fantasy element goes with the themes of everything else. I feel like they were just somehow mashed up for the sake of it.
I did still quite enjoy reading this and went through it pretty quickly. I do think that the author would be very good at putting together contemporary short comics or just myths alone.