Reviews

Don't Spit in the Wind Vol 1 by Stefano Cardoselli

rebus's review

3.5

The artwork recalls Rick Geary and Mobius, and the work is coherent enough that the author needs few words (and doesn't make the mistake of using words to describe what has been depicted, as so many lazy, modern graphic novelists do). There's a fair amount of depth to this tale and it's more like pure sci-fi than the idiotic 'world building' engaged in by so many, though it is quite often visually incoherent, another issue with so many modern visual artists (they should all take a lesson from Junji Ito). 

Stratified society is depicted in a survival space station, there seems to be a death cult remaining on earth that revolves around plastic, and a crew tasked with cleaning up the earth for resettlement. It's hard to say exactly where the tale is going, but I'll keep my eyes out for a second volume. 

sarahreads2222's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense

3.0

Imagine the movie “Wall-E” with a darker tone and less robots. This was a weird and bloody comic. 

Earth has been destroyed by humans and we have fled to space to live on a hierarchical space station. Unfortunately, the same issues of greed and selfishness follow us into space. Meanwhile on Earth, we follow a clean up crew as they face dangers of both human and creature varieties. 

The artwork reflects the grittiness of the story and there are several graphic depictions of death and violence. There is definitely an undertone of political and environmental commentary that you won’t have to look hard for. 

(Thanks to the publisher for an ARC of this comic in exchange for my honest review.)