I have always been a fan of strange and off-color comic book stories.
Grant Morrison’s Doom Patrol, Alan Moore’s Swamp Thing, and Peter Milligan’s Shade the Changing Man introduced me to a completely different world of out of this world comics. I remember when I first read Shade the Changing Man and was like, “What did I just read?” Well, DC comics is at it again with the launch of Young Animal.
Shade the Changing Girl is weird…really, very strange. It starts off a little hard to follow and at first I wasn’t digging it. I thought it was odd just to be odd. As the story developed, however, I started to see everything I loved about the Shade from the 80s. The writing is pulled off flawlessly as newcomer Cecil Castellucci juggles high school drama, family issues, and multiple personalities. The art is a perfect pairing for the writing. The pseudo-Mike Allred style is a fever dream of color and motion.
One thing I really enjoyed is that the main character(s?) is despicable. For some strange reason, I love it when a main character has zero redeeming qualities. Overall, my takeaway from this book is that I want more! Between this and Doom Patrol I think I may be in LOVE with Young Animal! 5 out 5!
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