A review by antlersantlers
Explorer (the Lost Islands #2) by Kazu Kibuishi

2.0

This was a definite disappointment. I think perhaps [b:Explorer: The Mystery Boxes|12833770|Explorer The Mystery Boxes|Kazu Kibuishi|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1327971266s/12833770.jpg|17984108] was so unusually strong and dark, that I expected more even though [b:Flight Explorer|1803934|Flight Explorer, Volume 1|Kazu Kibuishi|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1347883832s/1803934.jpg|1803136] wasn't particularly great either. These were full of smiley, friehdship, work together, believe in yourself boring nonsense that it was actually pretty tiring. The one exception was [a:Chrystin Garland|7055316|Chrystin Garland|https://www.goodreads.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-d9f6a4a5badfda0f69e70cc94d962125.png] (Lady Garland! She's great!). Her story was dark and weird and her art was absolutely stunning. It was also really really interesting to see [a:Jason Caffoe|4107843|Jason Caffoe|https://www.goodreads.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-d9f6a4a5badfda0f69e70cc94d962125.png], the lead production assistant on the Amulet series, drawing in a different style from Kibuishi. In the Mystery Boxes, their two stories were almost visually indistinguishable. Here they were quite different, but both were still beautiful.