The DC / Humanoids line is hit or miss, but given infinite resources I would buy everything they publish. The presentation is prime and the foreign flair to the writing and art are just a little different from what you normally find on the comic rack.
“Different Ugliness, Different Madness” is a perfect capsule of the hit or miss mix, offering up a unique tone and clean/sloppy art style without the too-cool-for-school feeling I get from publishers like Drawn & Quarterly. The pacing is cinematic – close up on a face, scene change, camera pulls out – but we end up with what feels like a short story. It’s a really compelling glimpse at a moment in time, but the initial setup makes it seem like there’s something more emotional in store that never comes to the fore…
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