*I was given a copy of Dandelion in exchange for an honest review. Thank you to Image Comics, Sabir Pirzada and the various artists for my copy of the graphic novel*.
Synopsis:
When climate change and automation disrupt the lives of millions, a new civilization is formed in the skies—one that threatens the wealthy citizens who’ve been hoarding Earth’s meagre resources for themselves.
Review:
I’m not really sure what I thought of Dandelion. Based on the art of the cover I was really excited to check this out. I mean who wouldn’t be? That is a seriously stunning cover. However, the art looked nothing like this inside so you can imagine my disappointment. I did like some of the art styles but one really stood out.
Oil and water was by far the most impressive story visually. The art style was wholly unique and every frame was stunning. Every other story had a fairly similar art style but this one stood out for all the right reasons. It’s become one of my favourite graphic novel art styles I’ve ever seen.Sadly Thomas Campi hasn’t illustrated many other English graphic novels so I can’t enjoy more of his beautiful art, well I could check out a French graphic novel just for the pictures but I’d have no clue what was going on.
The story had a lot of potential but I feel like the story the synopsis is telling wasn’t executed too well. Maybe I’m being too harsh and it’s my own comprehension that failed, but while the backstory of creating the Dandelion’s was told in high detail, I feel like the reason for them wasn’t explained as well as it could have been. I didn’t get the sense of ‘wealthy citizens hoarding resources for themselves’ and the dialogue wasn’t always super easy to follow.
Basically what I’m trying to say is this graphic novel was not for me. I found the context difficult to figure out (my issue probably, not the writer’s). However I did really like the ‘podcast’ sections. It was a nice change of pace.
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