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juushikaFirst five star within the first week of January; can't hate that. The fact that it also gets my favorite tag is also surely a coincidence and not indicative of the fact that I'm swayed by personal taste. Anyway, Of Thunder & Lightning was incredible. Still on a Silver Sprocket binge.
Title: The Sucker
Author: Elle Shivers
Published: Silver Sprocket, 2023
Rating: 1.5 of 5
Page Count: 65
Total Page Count: 556,810
Text Number: 2092
Read Because: reading the publisher, ebook borrowed from the Multnomah County Library via Hoopla
Review: Reunited by an ecological study in advance of commercial development, two estranged friends enter into an antagonistic romantic relationship. Good intentions, but lackluster execution on all fronts. Characters and even timelines are difficult distinguish in the simplified art style, muddying an underdeveloped script; the metaphor the heart of the story works, but fails to come alive.
Title: Of Thunder & Lightning
Author: Kimberly Wang
Published: Silver Sprocket, 2023
Rating: 5 of 5
Page Count: 80
Total Page Count: 556,890
Text Number: 2093
Read Because: reading the publisher, ebook borrowed from the Multnomah County Library via Hoopla
Review: Two magical-girl cyborgs fight on opposite sides of a commercialized, televised war for humanity. I can be in no ways unbiased: this could have been written just for me, so I'm blind to flaws. Star-crossed love known and enacted in the intimacy of violence would be enough to do it for me, but this also has gratifying layout tricks and a dynamic style that's especially good at capturing the combative and conflicted expressions that the narrative demands. I read it twice for sheer pleasure; I can't wait to see what
Title: Sugar & Other Stories
Author: Joy San
Published: Silver Sprocket, 2023
Rating: 3.5 of 5
Page Count: 160
Total Page Count: 557,050
Text Number: 2094
Read Because: reading the publisher, ebook borrowed from the Multnomah County Library via Hoopla
Review: Collections are perforce a mixed bag, and this is no exception; but I like it more than not, which wasn't what I was expecting when greated with the simplistic, cartoony art style awash in negative space. But it works surprisingly well, both to contrast the horror and when broken up by more painterly, dense panels. The brevity makes some of the stories feel gimmicky, but what playful, unsettling creativity! Standouts for me are the sensual "I Like to Squeeze into Tight Places," the more developed "Too Much on Your Plate," and the perfect simplicity of "At the End."
Title: The Sucker
Author: Elle Shivers
Published: Silver Sprocket, 2023
Rating: 1.5 of 5
Page Count: 65
Total Page Count: 556,810
Text Number: 2092
Read Because: reading the publisher, ebook borrowed from the Multnomah County Library via Hoopla
Review: Reunited by an ecological study in advance of commercial development, two estranged friends enter into an antagonistic romantic relationship. Good intentions, but lackluster execution on all fronts. Characters and even timelines are difficult distinguish in the simplified art style, muddying an underdeveloped script; the metaphor the heart of the story works, but fails to come alive.
Title: Of Thunder & Lightning
Author: Kimberly Wang
Published: Silver Sprocket, 2023
Rating: 5 of 5
Page Count: 80
Total Page Count: 556,890
Text Number: 2093
Read Because: reading the publisher, ebook borrowed from the Multnomah County Library via Hoopla
Review: Two magical-girl cyborgs fight on opposite sides of a commercialized, televised war for humanity. I can be in no ways unbiased: this could have been written just for me, so I'm blind to flaws. Star-crossed love known and enacted in the intimacy of violence would be enough to do it for me, but this also has gratifying layout tricks and a dynamic style that's especially good at capturing the combative and conflicted expressions that the narrative demands. I read it twice for sheer pleasure; I can't wait to see what
Title: Sugar & Other Stories
Author: Joy San
Published: Silver Sprocket, 2023
Rating: 3.5 of 5
Page Count: 160
Total Page Count: 557,050
Text Number: 2094
Read Because: reading the publisher, ebook borrowed from the Multnomah County Library via Hoopla
Review: Collections are perforce a mixed bag, and this is no exception; but I like it more than not, which wasn't what I was expecting when greated with the simplistic, cartoony art style awash in negative space. But it works surprisingly well, both to contrast the horror and when broken up by more painterly, dense panels. The brevity makes some of the stories feel gimmicky, but what playful, unsettling creativity! Standouts for me are the sensual "I Like to Squeeze into Tight Places," the more developed "Too Much on Your Plate," and the perfect simplicity of "At the End."
