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RAV 1st Collection by Mickey Zacchilli

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5.0

This is so wild and unexpected and the art is beautiful and uncontrolled and perfect, and there's a reference to Bataille ("milk dip"!) – or at least I think it's a reference?! I love Mr Juice's adventures and Sally's adventures. I love that there are cultists. I love that there's a cat. This is like some comic I wished existed without knowing that I wished it. Surreal but in the best way – I understand enough and don't have to have anything else explained to get what's happening. And totally weird and wonderful.

I really like comics that don't fuss too much about everything looking polished, but focus on the expressiveness of the art. In RAV I like that dialogue bubbles have extra bits added on for words that got cut off and then other places where words are cut off. I like that the form and the content match so well.

I like the way the dialogue is like listening to two people talk at a party but the narrative is like... a Grimm's fairy tale (one of the surreal violent ones like Herr Korbis) crossed with some kind of manga romance adventure story crossed with crust punks crossed with... I don't know, Dante's Divine Comedy or something. With bits of Greek mythology and The Odyssey thrown in.

Like I said, wild. And super magical. Read immediately.
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