Comic Review: Awesoman #5 (Omnis Comics)

Awesoman returns in issue 5 this week, and it’s, well, awesome, man! 

Here’s why this black and white hand drawn $1.99 indie book punches above its weight:

Creator (writer, artist, letterer, etc) Wylder Tomlinson breathes life and lunacy into this labour of love comic. It all takes place about 25 years in the future, in Los Angeles. Our hero, Guy Everyman, former taco shop employee, now has superpowers! Cue the robot surveillance, the automated villains, the over-arching feeeeelings of anxiety. It’s a spy story, a superhero story and a continual commentary on today’s automated society.

Tomlinson draws a wiggly-line sequential comic with a sure hand and a sabre-sharp wit. The swearing is essential reading, the mutterings, the sarcastic retorts and sprinklings of outrage are so cleansing! It’s a cathartic release of all things bottled up. And the art is ultra-detailed, inventive and so fascinating to pore over.

In issue five, Awesoman is again joined by the Sunglass-wearing-spy, who is trying to hook and bait Awesoman into signing a nasty little employment contract. But that’s not all:  Rebel Rabbit returns, jumping from the frying pan directly into enemy fire!

There’s no way I can describe the fun and random tickles of humour and over-the-topness of this title. Jump into Awesoman from issue 1, and you’ll appreciate Wylder Tomlinson’s abilities to entertain while he tinkers with comic tropes.

Awesoman #5 is currently available to buy as a pdf on Globalcomix 

Globalcomix: https://globalcomix.com/c/awesoman

or readable along with early access to other Awesoman materials on Patreon:

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/omnisentertainment

Omnis Comics, Awesoman #5, $1.99 for each issue, page counts range from 24 – 30. Colour cover, black and white interiors.