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unladylike's review
4.0
3ish stars rounded up because of the overall quality of the series
This was probably the least enjoyable volume of Animosity (thus far, assuming it keeps going), but even so, the highlights of it are enough to elevate it above most comic books being made. In this world, every animal dictator is a well-educated poet, prone to grandiose monologues. These are both the best and worst of the storytelling, by being both well-written AND so on-the-nose as analogues to the real-world issues of classism, speciesism, and hegemonic power-mongering that they detract from the fictional world-building.
This volume's final page says "The End," but I have a hard time believing Bennett is going to let the story on the San Francisco side stop here. Surely this is by far the biggest title on the AfterShock publishing imprint. Let's hope for much more Animosity after this!
This was probably the least enjoyable volume of Animosity (thus far, assuming it keeps going), but even so, the highlights of it are enough to elevate it above most comic books being made. In this world, every animal dictator is a well-educated poet, prone to grandiose monologues. These are both the best and worst of the storytelling, by being both well-written AND so on-the-nose as analogues to the real-world issues of classism, speciesism, and hegemonic power-mongering that they detract from the fictional world-building.
This volume's final page says "The End," but I have a hard time believing Bennett is going to let the story on the San Francisco side stop here. Surely this is by far the biggest title on the AfterShock publishing imprint. Let's hope for much more Animosity after this!
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