The Cherry Collection, Volume I

The Cherry Collection #1

by Larry Welz

Genres: Graphic Novels, Comics

128 pages, Paperback

First published April 28, 1995

Reviews

[Curtis · Rating 2 out of 5]

--2.5 stars rounded down--

I read this as part of my attempt to get a general overview of modern comics history and it was alright, I guess.

Very light stuff, obviously, which made it nice to flick through when I had 10 minutes to kill but didn't feel like reading anything heavier. I'm not sure if satire is really the right word because, as a satire of 80s/90s America and its contrast to the idealised version of that seen in Archie comics and the like, it only really works on one level. Still, I'm sure it was probably really funny at the time, as a lot of people seem to have fond memories of this title. Personally, I just found it gave me the odd chuckle but there's nothing wrong with that.

I read the first 9 issues before deciding I'd had my fill but I'll just leave the same review for the three volumes they're contained in.

[Etain · Rating 4 out of 5]

Funny pages full of T and A.
I actually really enjoyed that. It has a super light tone and always positions cherry as the instigator in control of her own sexual life. It's also very expressly political so it feels very rooted in a specific time.