A review by aswords
Feathers by Jorge Corona

5.0

Absolutely FABULOUS.

Gorgeous, dynamic, and deeply emotive artwork. Excellently relateable characters with engaging personalities. Fantastic use of the beauty and the beast concept as a vessel in which to cache a new story of ambiguous morality and the fractured reality of human nature.

Adorable and gut-wrenching in the same moment.

And I LOVED the commentary dynamic of the off-screen characters whose fates will be determined by the outcome of Poe's investigation into his own history. Moral grayness to a T, with the good guy and bad guy dynamic flipped around and turned inside out so thoroughly it doesn't even matter what 'good' and 'evil' traditionally mean when attempting to interpret their roles and potential.

(Also, the friendship dynamic between Poe and Bianca totally reminded me of Tim Drake and Stephanie Brown, which has no real relevance, but it is a distinct part of why I found this graphic novel so particularly engaging.)

LOVED IT.
And am eagerly, anxiously waiting for the next installment!