A review by grinning_jackal
Down Below: An Anthology of Mystery, Myth, and Murder by Gary Moloney, Seamus Hanly, Oliver Gerlach, Jack Lenihan, Gareth Luby, Sarah Amundson, Andrea Schiavone, Leonie O'Moore, Colin Craker, Aaron Fever, Paul Carroll, Andriy Lukin, Seamus Kavanagh, Clare Foley, Alice Coleman, Tiffany Babb, Alex Moore, Sem Chyhlintsev, Mart, Chris O'Halloran, Dave Hendrick, Ellie Kavanagh, Marc Olivent, Anirudh J., Weiwei Xu, Eylse Russell, Matias Julio, Hernan Gonzalez, Colm Griffin, Miranda Leyson, Nate Donnell, Rob Jones, Tango, C. K. Lawson, Sean Hogan, Damian Felitte, Noah Stephens, Pete Marry, Lan Pitts, Sam Long, John McGuinness, James Killian, Becca Carey, Mari Rolin, Toni Solanes, Aaron Losty, Colin O'Mahoney

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

Interesting and episodic, this anthology is less a collection of stories told about the same world and more akin to the original myths. Though modernized, and often telling stories involving the same names, each mini-comic feels like a glimpse into a different Olympus from the last. It's a compelling collection, though I wish they'd given the artists and writers the option to make more pages for their stories.
Production wise, it's a lovely paperback. The pages are a good texture and its got a sturdy binding. My one problem is that it does have a handful of grammatical typos and that, on some pages, there was very little space afforded to the margins, making text bubbles and certain images cutoff and illegible.
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