The Strange World of Emily
I have taken this time over the holiday to read some new books and perhaps try a title or two I never would have before. With that said, I sampled an issue of Emily the Strange. This issue happened to be the special “death” issue and from what I gathered of the character, this little goth girl and her pet black cat, go through a variety of bizarre and at times comical ways to die. This book is definitely quirky and I can see why it was released in retail stores such as Hot Topic and was available online before being picked up by a more mainstream company. It’s strange and bizarre and quirky. My description of it would be let’s say Leave it to Chance meets Calvin and Hobbes in the house the Addams Family lives in. The art fits the oddness of the story however with the thick, bold line work and artist’s knack for nailing the sarcasm in Emily’s facial expressions along with her deadpan humor, the art makes the book. In the hands of a less experienced artist I’d give this title a shelf life of about five minutes before it would hit the dump. I’d give this title a five out of ten. The book aspires to a level of greatness this type of independent magazine will never achieve with poor production qualities and a less than meaty story, Emily will not survive on her bad attitude and one gag stories very long. For a book that exemplifies a great blend of odd and adventure see my review on the Umbrella Academy at http://www.comicbookjournal.net/step-into-the-umbrella-academy/
November 24th, 2007 at 8:57 am
Read about this title a few months back. Your Calvin and Hobbes reference makes me want to check it out now.
November 25th, 2007 at 9:41 pm
[...] and mostly violent comics, then you might like Emily the Strange. See my review of the book here: http://www.comicbookjournal.net/the-strange-world-of-emily/ Anyway, onto the review. As for as writing skills go I suppose Fraction has a good command of the [...]