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In the tradition of Hack/Slash, a woman (Jacey) and a monster (David) wander the country killing child-murderers. Wonderfully innovative illustration choices. Word balloons are sometimes covered over with a brief description of the dialogue instead of the dialogue itself. "[father/daughter road trip bonding.] [well-rehearsed charming details.]" The monster's ability to smell child-killers is expressed as wandering color lines. The antagonist is drawn as a warped, menacing, looming giant, as he a...
Loved the art, the bitter and haunting, yet strangely beautiful mood it sets up, and how it deals with themes of abuse, exploitation, and trauma. But the way Cornell handles the fantastic elements of the story is very strange and not very executed well in my opinion. He does this weird balancing act between pure symbolism and straightforward speculative fiction and excels in neither aspect. Maybe if it was a ten-issue series, he would have had more room to explore these details. And it's strange...
This is an intriguing graphic novel...It delves in the protagonist traumatic past and the uncertainties of the present.The art varies with some scenes very well drawn (for this style) but others feel a bit lacking and confusing.As I read, it was a bit challenging to keep up with the story as it contains several "puzzling" flashbacks that left me struggling to understand some key details. I think some scenes and character interactions leave out some details/explanations/reactions that made the st...
A horror comic that deals with the real nightmares that can haunt us, and also literal monsters. Deals with some very dark material with tenderness. A found family story at its heart. Features incredible color work by Dearbhla Kelly. They give dimension to dark woodlands, which is a real challenge. Cantirino’s line work is gorgeous, capturing Jacey’s range of emotions on every page. My primary criticism is that the story feels rushed at the end. It dealt with the trauma of the main characters an...
Loved the art style. Was super disappointed to realize this was a one off series, but enjoyed it nonetheless. The idea of being able to hunt down bad men isn’t new, but it was intriguing enough to keep me interested. Some of the plot was confusing or a little too vague, but overall, a decent horror graphic novel.
Dark and disturbing artwork, excellent dialog, but a real lack of information. I have no idea what happened or what the point of it is. I wish it would have been a little more fleshed out. There's a lot of great potential, but it falls apart in the end.
This was pretty good, my only real caveat is how it was difficult at times to differentiate between flashback and present. There was also a lack of information presented in this story that I'm still on the fence about whether I enjoyed or not. Overall, it made an interesting story.
Weird and incomplete
The art was pretty and an interesting story. But I feel like I missed something somewhere. At the end I thought "What? I'm lost."
This was a disturbing read. Very dark.
The story had promise, however, it quickly fizzled out. It’s especially rushed and confusing towards the end.
After escaping a nightmarish home life, teenage runaway Jacey meets shape-shifter David and the unlikely pair become wandering vigilantes, hunting down child molesters. Until one day they come across a political campaign, triggering traumatic memories in Jacey. Her brother Jake was abducted years ago by this very politician and never seen again. And now she will have her revenge… I Walk With Monsters starts really well, gets shaky in the middle and eventually falls apart by the end. It’s still a...
This was terrific. It's about a girl and a shapeshifter who seek out and kill serial killers. The art was just OK but I really liked what they did with the visual storytelling. Jacey has a lot of emotional scars and can't remember certain details like the face of the man who took her brother so his face is scribbled out in her memories. Memories start to fade out from panel to panel as she has forgotten details. Conversations are plastered over with short synopses instead of the actual conversat...
I Walk With Monsters starts strong and starts to fizzle out by the end. The art is fantastic, I love David's powers and how often times Catirino will use red lines and distorted panels to represent repressed memories. The series keeps many detailed deliberately vague or open-ended, leaving the reader to piece things together, but by the end of the series there is still an uncertainty about the plot that left me unfulfilled.
A horror story about abuse and revenge. It's nicely told with great art and has some issues for you to think about, but it's ultimately too short to be more than an interesting, but shallow piece.
Started out great, and I'm totally on board with the team dishing out violent justice to serial killers and child predators, but the story fell apart and had a lot of plot holes and things that weren't explained in the end. What happened to her brother? Why does it seem like they don't care if they got answers about that? I guess it was implied something really bad happened to him, won't write it here, but I felt like there was very little closure on that front. Very disappointed with the last 1...
i LOVED the opening and the art for this, as well as the design of the monsters. it does, however, feel TOO vague and even though i can see it's really trying to skirt detailing out the abuse subject it almost feels like it doesn't do the gravity of the subject justice, if that makes sensei did like how some of the flashback scenes were rendered, howeveri felt the ending was a little, idk, anti-climactic? jacey should've gone through with it, imo
I enjoyed this series even tho it was extremely dark and disturbing. Dealing with past trauma and a need for vengeance. My only thing was the whole story felt rushed and there wasn't a whole lot of cohesion to me for the text.
The best horror is rooted in the evils of reality and this is no exception. Excellent art, fast-paced story (VERY fast, but I don’t mind that!), and a nice conclusion to wrap it all up.
A dark tale about Trauma, violence, forgiveness and healing. Reminded me off Terry Moore's comics in style and tone (Rachel Rising)