Tom Parkinson-Morgan

Parkinson-Morgan dedicates this first collection in part to Brandon Graham, and this is to his work on Prophet as the fires of Hell are to a half-burnt match. The decadent, depraved multiverse of K6BD, dead God(s) and all, is a feat of imagination unlike anything else going in comics right now that I can think of, and it feels like a gauntlet being thrown for every other writer-artist out there to pick up. My only quibbles with this first collection are that some of the meta-elements from show more the original web presentation have been dropped (most of the text pieces are gone, which is a real shame), but other than that this is straight-up the one book you can't miss in comics. Can't wait for volume 2 and beyond to be collected. show less

i wouldve given this 5 stars if not for the small amount of male-gazey/fanservicey visuals :/

its not even that much, just some of the character designs and a few panel compositions which VERY CONSPICUOUSLY sexualize female characters to a hyperbolic degree uncharacteristic of the rest of the comic (also theres a warrior-nun w bdsm-themed armor??? wtf??)

tom's built up enuf good will trying to think critically abt gender and patriarchy in the comic so far, and he's also been responsive to show more feedback/criticism from readers, so its all things considered not that bad, it was just distracting and upsetting

the rest of this book tho is rly amazing!! the pace of the action AND the pace of character development gets a little dizzying? a LOT of shit happens. the only reason i think its worth remarking on is its such a sharp contrast to the slow pace of the first book, otherwise i actually quite like the fast pace--tom ofc still takes time in places to slow down and go over fine details

the confrontation w mammon is imo just as fascinating as the confrontation w om in the previous book; i love how this comic tries to tackle the master-slave dialectic from so many different angles

i am wondering tho how many times we'll hear that the princess is in another castle show less

A young woman trying to have sex with her boyfriend is interrupted by otherworldly beings and ends up on a mystical quest.

The art in this one is impressive, and shows an impressive world. Unfortunately the writing is not of the same caliber: the story is confusing as hell and there are a lot of infodumps about the world's dense cosmology.

I like that art enough that I'll pick up the next volume in hope that the writing improves.

Received via NetGalley.

vol 1 was incredibly slow, as there was lots of necessary exposition to begin covering the depth of the rich world (or multiverse)

i expected vol 2 to continue w the same pace, but fuck did it speed up REAL fast. we got some more time getting to kno our main chars, had a WONDERFUL confrontation w the first big bad, and all the plot threads seem to b coming into view. much abt the world remains unexplained, but at this point i think it works (as long as we're reading from alison's persp); the show more veil of mystery sustains a palpable tension wrt char dev and plot, but also despite all the outrageous things this world has thrown at us so far there is still more to amaze, wonder, and horrify

its still v early in the grand scheme of things, but im excited for where this goes next show less