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A diverse comics anthology of tales both real and imagined honoring death as a natural part of life, featuring cultural expressions of death from around the world.
An impressive anthology, no clunkers across 24 stand-alone stories offering a wide variety in tone, illustration style, and overall aesthetic. The stories also approach their narratives in a diverse manner, ranging from fantastic to scientific, from somber to almost twee. I enjoyed reading each one, and the quality convinced me to seek out other Iron Circus anthologies. Of particular interest are the Cautionary Fables & Fairytales series, and two thematic anthologies: one on horror (The Sleep of Reason) and another perhaps on faerie weird (Tim'rous Beastie).
Some recurring themes became evident across unrelated chapters, seemingly written without knowledge of one another: memory (on the part of the living, and also that of the dead); ways of moving on after the death of a loved one; teasing out the choices wound up in death, however minor or unrecognised these choices might seem.
Favourite contributions: "Ghost Friend" (heartwarming characters); "Inanna's Descent to the Underworld" (mythological); "What Eats Us" and "Peat, Bone, Oak" (grossly informative).
I almost missed the clever spot colour on the cover, until turning out the light after a reading session in bed and the art transformed before my eyes. ( )
This is a series of short stories in graphic novel format about death and the afterlife. Some of the stories are funny and some are not. There is a bit of everything in here. The cover will grab someone's attention, but I might have rearranged the stories a bit and put a better one up front. One of my favorites is about the gods and the underworld. ( )
To paraphrase: god, I hope you’re ready for a book about DEATH!
Despite the heavy subject matter, I often found myself smiling and laughing as an assortment of three dozen comic creators walk us through their visions of death and dying, grief and mourning, life and the afterlife in mostly fictional stories.
Standouts include "Inanna's Descent to the Underworld" by Ahueonao, an adaptation of Mesopotamian mythology, and "Funeral in Foam" by Casey Gilly and Raina Telgemeier, a delightfully macabre reminiscence that turns the spreading of cremains into a celebration of life and love. The rest of the stories actually keep to a fairly high standard too, with only one or two clunkers in the bunch.
The diversity of characters and creators seems pretty good, with a lot of female and LGBTQ+ representation. ( )
Anthologies are always uneven and always introduce me to some great folks to look for later. In this case Holley Adkins M.Cat.Waite and Shay beagle ( )
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Table of Contents: Foreword - Caitlin Doughty [portrait by C. Spike Trotman] What Eats Us - Letty Wilson Ghost Friend - Oliver Northwood Inanna's Descent to the Underworld - Ahueonao Peat, Bone, Oak - Laura Ketcham Remember - SE Case Good Mourning - Karoline Grønvik Beyond the Cosmos - James Maddox and Jeremy Lawson All Souls' Day - Danielle Chuatico The Spark Divine - Sally Cantirino and Jordan Alsaqa Herd - Shae Beagle First Law - M.Cat.White Agnes and Patsy - Holly Adkins Here Among the Chrysanthemums - Luyi Bennett The Last Wreath - Juliette GMM López Okaeri - James F. Wright and Jackie Crofts Still Life - Ale Green and Fanny Rodriguez Many Happy Returns! - Rhandi Fisher Third Option - A. "Miru" Lee Funeral in Foam - Casey Gilly [story] and Raina Telgemeier [art] The Ankou - Isabelle Melançon and Megan Lavey-Heaton You Called to Me - Nadia Shammas and Lisa Sterle I Promise - A. Shinozaki and Cheryl Young Hive Mind - Dani Colman [script and lettering] and Maddie Kathleen [inks and lineart] Bone Ink - Grace P. Fong and Rhiannon Rasmussen
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Some recurring themes became evident across unrelated chapters, seemingly written without knowledge of one another: memory (on the part of the living, and also that of the dead); ways of moving on after the death of a loved one; teasing out the choices wound up in death, however minor or unrecognised these choices might seem.
Favourite contributions: "Ghost Friend" (heartwarming characters); "Inanna's Descent to the Underworld" (mythological); "What Eats Us" and "Peat, Bone, Oak" (grossly informative).
I almost missed the clever spot colour on the cover, until turning out the light after a reading session in bed and the art transformed before my eyes. ( )