So MoCCA was a couple of weeks ago, and now that I'm done reading all the awesome comics it's time to start reviewing!
This year's haul was the best -and most expensive- so far, so reviewing them all is gonna take multiple installments.
Let's start with The Safety on Board by Kristoffer Kjølberg and Sindre Goksøyr and The Voyage by Alexis Frederick-Frost.
Safety on Board is a silly fun flip-book format mini, where half is one comic drawn by Kjølberg and the other side is by Goksøyr. The comics star Emil and Gyro from Duck Tales and their coinciding stories literally crash into each other in the middle of the booklet. It's super clever, but also compelling. Why are Emil and Gyro in such a rush to get to Oslo? Why does Emil have a briefcase full of money? Who ate all the snacks on the plane? Does listening to Niel Young on your cassette player while on-flight really cause it to plummet in a spiral? Unless they find that black box, we'll never know.
The Voyage is a completely silent comic. We follow an unnamed ship on it's journey over an unknown amount of time. The format is one long, large beautifully drawn panel per page wherein the ship leaves and visits ports, clashes with other ships, braves a storm and some large and unfriendly sea critters. The interesting thing is that the ship never moves from it's spot on the page, from page to page. It's almost as if the environment, living or landmass is forced to interact with the ship, the staple of the story. It's all awesomely drawn and almost sad when the ship finds it's final resting place.
Keep on rocking in the free world!
~Rachel
