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Wretched Things #3 by Devon Wong, Ken Perry, and John Hunt is available now at comiXology!

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Wretched Things #1

By Ken Perry, Devon Wong & John Hunt

Published by Comics Experience 2016

Can a thing be cute, clever and dark all at the same time? Well, Wretched Things #1 is exactly that. The concept is anthropomorphical, starring both mice and spiders as our lead characters. While this first issue is all setup for the eventual adventure story of one young mouse and one albino spider, the setting and theme are quite catchy in their uniqueness.

An old house, home to both mice and spiders has just recently been invaded by a family of humans. This causes the clans of mice and spiders to make adjustments to their lifestyles. The fact that mice and spiders also don’t get along doesn’t help things either. Neither does the fact that the humans brought along a very hungry cat when they moved in!

As you can imagine things get interesting and dark really quick once the cat finds the mice hiding places, but an unlikely alliance between one mouse and one spider is sure to make the story even more odd and interesting.

Technically there’s a lot to like in this first issue. The story while dark overall, is a pleasant read in the sense it’s still pretty simple and cute because of the characterization. This isn’t MOUSE GUARD or MICE TEMPLAR with warring clans of animals and dark intrigues, it’s a lot more playful than that, but it’s plenty deep.

The art by Ken Perry is solid, his style is probably what keeps this concept alight and playful from what is essentially a pretty depressing story. While Perry humanizes the mice a lot more than the other popular comics about mice, at least he keeps the characters recognizable and unique, which has to be a hard thing to do. Colorist, Devon Wong keeps Perry’s work looking it’s best though, never straying to far dark or light and keeping the work looking much more attractive than it probably should.

Go here to get your copy!

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In Review - Outre Issue 4: 'Silence'

In Review – Outre Issue 4: ‘Silence’

    Edited and Designed by Magnus Aspli and Glenn Moane Cover by Danos Philopoulos Published by Outre Press

Outre 4 – Silence is the newest issue of the anthology by Glenn and Magnus who hail from Norway, which includes work by British creators such as Jon Scrivens and Peter Mason. This one is special and is an experiment in wordlessness, featuring four stories told without any dialogue, captions…

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