Bec & Kawl: Bloody Students

by Simon Spurrier, Steve Roberts

Becky Miller and Jarrod Kawl are two students sharing a flat in the less-than-salubrious Swineboil Apartments. He's a stoner movie geek, she's a power-crazed Goth artist - together, they're a magnet for every demonic incursion and ectoplasmic event.

Genres: Comics, Horror, Fantasy, Graphic Novels, Humor

157 pages, Unknown Binding

First published August 8, 2006

Reviews

[Kam Yung Soh · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a collection of stories from 2000AD involving the students Becky Miller and Jarrod Kawl. Bec has a goth look and likes to dabble in the occult, while Kawl has a relaxed attitude towards life, but still gets involved in Bec's activities.

Those activities often involve calling up supernatural beings or getting involved in other 'nefarious' activities (like saving the tooth fairy world, or stopping the world from being conquered by alien traffic cones).

Some stories do reveal some background to the characters, like how Kawl is related to 'Old Nick' and Bec has sisters that are not 'natural' sisters. Character development is minimal, and the comedy and action is mainly in the situations Bec and Kawl find themselves in.

[Ayab Mobil Dick · Rating 1 out of 5]

I was expexting a sort of "Dead Boy Detectives meets Ampney Crucis meets the Monster Squad". What I got instead is a couple of detestable protagonists (a dimwit pothead and a whimsical witch-wannabe art student), trite pop culture references, a Justuce League Dark parody (yes, another one.....), mediocre art, toilet humor and nerdy jokes that can hardly raise a smile. Getting through to the last page demanded almost inhuman efforts. Unless you are a Simon Spurrier completist, avoid this like Evil-made-printed paper, and pick instead one of the excellent stories this author wrote for Dredd or X-men.

[Elliot · Rating 1 out of 5]

Trying way to hard to achieve anything and achieved nothing

[Neil · Rating 2 out of 5]

21/2 stars, but quickly wearingly wacky.

[Alex Sarll]

I recall enjoying this comedy horror strip in the weekly progs, but collected it feels at once disjointed and forced. At least the art remains pleasingly lively.