This graphic novel is an interesting examination of the cycle of anger and abuse passed down from parent to child. The art is stellar! Im very interested in where this is going.

I enjoyed volume 1 for its great art and some great opening issues but felt the 2nd half lacking. This one is luckily better but still a couple of issues. We have our hero in the last volume almost kill everyone at the carnival. Luckily he calms down but is then exhiled from the camp. He wants to be alone but of course his trusty fox friend won't let that happen. So together they travel the lands once more to find the answers they need. In doing so they meet the boys grandfather, be he isn't wha...

Issue #10 really brought this volume down for me, but thankfully it didn't continue in that direction.Individual issue reviews: #7 | #8 | #9 | #10 | #11 | #12Total review score: 2.83

Abel has found a home among the people at the fair. His power, though, is still not under his control. The volume opens with him in tornado monster form, mindlessly attacking the ones who have brought him in. Jeb helps him regain control, but the boy panics and leaves the fair, unwilling to hurt anyone again. His fox is the only one not afraid to join him.(view spoiler)[Abel wants to find his mother. His way goes through Endle Forest, a dangerous place partly because of the territorial animals,

2.5 stars

7.8/10Abel had found a new family but it seems that he lost that. Once again Abel an Fox are on a journey through Middlewest, in search for a cure. The second book is quite emotional. After the catastrophic event at the end of the first book, everyone is trying to do what they are thing is best. Also alongside Abel we'll learn stuff that helps understand his father a bit more.

Just lost some of it's luster for me.

It’s never a good sign when you pick up the second book of a series and you don’t remember a damn thing that happened in the first book! So it goes with Middlewest, Book Two, which plain stank. The weather god kid ruins the carnival he’s tagging along with when he weather-hulks out, then goes looking for his ma. I thought she was dead but she apparently left him to his abusive dad - so how good a mother could she be? Weather god dad is chasing after weather god son for no reason - he hates his s...

One of my current favorite indie series. Skottie Young and his artist team really build out the fantasy world of Middlewest. In this second volume of the series we learn more about the history Middlewest and we learn more about Abel's family as well. Young does a great job with the contemporary dialogue and still giving this story a traditional fantasy feel. Every page is a delight to look at and I am really starting to love at lot of the supporting characters hear. Readers will get a few answer...

3.5 Stars

this was a pretty good second installment of this graphic novel series. The young boy and his fox continue their quest to see if he can cure the monstrous curse inside him. Want to read more? Be sure to check this book out at your local library and wherever ebooks are sold.

Stronger than book one, more character development and world building. Looking forward to book three in September.

After escaping the clutches of his father, Dale, who happens to be a terrifying storm monster, it turns out the apple hasn’t fallen far from the tree — Abel has inherited his father’s supernatural nature, causing chaos towards the Havoc Fair at the start of this volume. Being exiled from their new family with the exception of Bobby, who is determined to help him, Abel and Fox are on their own again as they travel through the Middlewest to find Abel’s mother while he wrestles with what he conside...

4.5 I wasn't going to read this. I didn't really like the first one. Interesting world, interesting character, beautiful art, but it didn't GET me. I guess something got to me because this was awesome. I can't wait to read volume 3.

(3,8 of 5 for the middle of the Middlewest)I must say with the second volume it gest better. Better in narration, in the story itself, even the art (from drawing and colouring to actual panels) works better. This was a pleasant surprise because I was quite disappointed by the first volume. It's still a futuristic-dystopian-urban fantasy thing, but now it's well-narrated and just flows better. About the whole story - let's see in the next, last, volume. The finale/wrapping it up will be crucial,

This title continues to intrigue. Abel continues searching for answers. His father continues searching for Abel. We're still really more in World Exploring mode than Explanation mode. Folks who seem to know more than they’ve told seem to prefer to drop hints rather than spell anything out.So many things about this book seem to remind me of others. The Quester Who Is More Than He Knows is a classic fantasy trope. The world building reminds me of Stephen King--the Dark Tower books obviously, but a...

Anger, rage, and how we pass that on through families.There's a lot more to this than what I was expecting from haven't read "I Hate Fairyland"

Truly dramatic storytelling. Young, Corona and the rest of this team are telling a striking fantasy adventure story that also delves deep into questions of family, abuse, and legacy. It's a strong blend of clear theme and gripping storytelling made even better by bold art an ideal pairing of creative talents with a shared vision for what they are creating here.

Abel's story takes a sad twist here...After calming down from his storm form, seeing the destruction he caused to the carnival, he decides to leave (Fox goes with him). Wanting to protect others from his chaos, he travels far away, only to be stopped in a dark forest by a group of tribal warriors. After being taken back to their camp, Fox reveals the tribe to be the Nowak, a group of people who Abel thought dead. (They resemble American Indian tribes, to an extent.) The Nowak, seeing Abel's "sto...

This is one of the best comic book I ever read. The art is amazing, fluid and full of emotion. The characters and the story are also great and coherent. I would love to have them in french in my home so that I can share it with friends. It really is a masterpiece.