MFR: Did you need to make 920London, or did you want to make this book?īoydell: I think I was definitely pretty depressed when I started! At the same time, I realized I could tap into something by working from the things that I originally fully loved around 2005. This is not my typical read, but the characters grew on me, and by the end, I was emersed in their universe. COVID-19 has turned the world on its head, and this book reflects on 90% of the emotions you are going through right now. Send help.ĩ20London is a perfect read for anyone at this time.
More than friends, less than lovers, they’re trying to grow shrooms before the world ends. (Apr.920London hits your local comic book shop on June 10, but thanks to Image Comics, Monkeys Fighting Robots gets to take a deep dive with creator Remy Boydell.Ģ005, north of London.
Raw, darkly funny, and deceptively lovely, it’s an enjoyable work from an up-and-coming artist. The book sometimes feels like an extended dual character sketch rather than a narrative, but its easy, meandering pace evokes the protagonists’ fumbling search for direction. Boydell’s soft but bright watercolors infuse the angst-ridden narrative with unexpected beauty, and the settings-clubs, house parties, the cluttered apartments of hip, broke 20-somethings-are packed with well-observed details. “Happy people don’t start believing in the end of the world,” reflects Hana, but she and Kiki seem forever poised on the brink of an indefinite personal apocalypse. The characters are drawn as gently cartoony anthropomorphic animals-Hana and Kiki have Snoopy-shaped faces, while Kiki’s ex looks like a goth Garfield-which adds an unsettling edge to all the sex, drugs, and young-adult despair.
Hana, a quiet goth, plans to self-medicate her mental issues by growing shrooms in the bathroom Kiki, a brittle scenester kid, scrambles for music stardom after her ex-boyfriend’s band makes it big. In a London suburb, two trans girls room together, go clubbing together, and sometimes hook up. The first solo graphic novel by Boydell ( The Pervert) presents an intimate slice of alternative LGBTQ culture.
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