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Wonton Soup #1-2
Wonton Soup Collection
James Stokoe's crazy space trucker cooking epic returns to print bigger and badder than ever before! Join Johnny Boyo and Deacon as they cruise the intergalactic superhighways in search of legendary ingredients and amazing adventure. Collects WONTON SOUP VOLUMES 1 and 2.
224 pages, Paperback
First published July 2, 2014
About the author
James Stokoe
143 books88 followersJames Stokoe (born September 4, 1985) is a Canadian comic book artist who is known for his work on such titles as Wonton Soup, Orc Stain and Godzilla: The Half-Century War.
Along with Corey Lewis, Brandon Graham and Marley Zarcone, he's a part of a studio/collective called "Yosh Comics".
Along with Corey Lewis, Brandon Graham and Marley Zarcone, he's a part of a studio/collective called "Yosh Comics".
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March 9, 2016
I'm a little surprised by how much I enjoyed this book. It reminds me of Chew crossed with underground comics. Stokoe's linework is great and he actually knows how to draw for the black and white medium. In fact, I think the art here looks better than his color artwork found in Godzilla: the Half Century War.
December 26, 2015
The first time I read Wonton Soup I really enjoyed the first volume but disliked the second. I'm not really sure why I had that reaction. Reading both volumes here together I think they are both of the same quality.
There's a lot of raw creativity here combined with beautiful artwork. Its an absurd space opera with lots of interesting designs, but the story doesn't end up going anywhere important. Its a fun romp while it lasts though.
There's a lot of raw creativity here combined with beautiful artwork. Its an absurd space opera with lots of interesting designs, but the story doesn't end up going anywhere important. Its a fun romp while it lasts though.
November 20, 2018
It was hard to rate this a 3 or a 4, but ultimately a 3. I enjoyed the adult humor this book has to offer in relation to its revolution around outer space cuisine. Holistically, not really my type of book and it didn't really move me the way book in my personal collection do, but still had some good laughs and WTF moments with this one.
January 11, 2016
This is the second work of James Stokoe's I have had the pleasure of reading. Unlike most reviewers my first exposure to his art was with IDW's Godzilla: Half Century War, which amazed me. This one has nearly the same level of complexity in every panel, with a bit more stylistic flair. If I could judge Wonton Soup on the art alone it would earn a solid 5 stars for its incredible vividness and wild creativity. However, if we break down the comic as a whole it would go something like this:
Art: 6 stars (out of 5)
Story: 3.5 stars
Writing: 3 stars
Overall: 4 stars
This is a bit of my own personal taste, but I don't relate at all to pot culture humour, and there was a lot of that here. Another reviewer brought up how the characterization was a bit "bro-y" and I have to agree. There were some glimpses of genius in the story in Vol 1, but Vol 2, though interesting at times and imaginative, lacked focus and failed to address some of the interesting plot points brought up in Vol 1.
Pick this up if you want something weird, fun, and different.
Art: 6 stars (out of 5)
Story: 3.5 stars
Writing: 3 stars
Overall: 4 stars
This is a bit of my own personal taste, but I don't relate at all to pot culture humour, and there was a lot of that here. Another reviewer brought up how the characterization was a bit "bro-y" and I have to agree. There were some glimpses of genius in the story in Vol 1, but Vol 2, though interesting at times and imaginative, lacked focus and failed to address some of the interesting plot points brought up in Vol 1.
Pick this up if you want something weird, fun, and different.
July 28, 2015
Between a 3 and a 4. At first the story came off a little bit bro-y for me. But then it settled into itself. It is a story about a space bro (whose last name is "Boyo")and his bro who mostly talks about having sex. There's one girl character, but she has her own stuff going on, and there's mega silliness and gross food adventures and space! So I ended up liking it. It has a mood of cheerful stupidity but it's not dumb.
February 24, 2022
The other Canadian truckers! At least these ones don't block the border.
As always, Stokoe's are is intricate, weird, and intriguing. It holds this book up together and I'm glad to have read it if only for the art.
I, unfortunately, couldn't latch onto the story. The characters were funny. The situations were funny. But I found myself flipping through just to look at the art. It felt like the text meandered until it ended. I kind of wish there was some kind of overarching story because, as it stands, this was more or less a spattering of scifi cooking on top of random events and interesting looking aliens and locals.
Story wasn't great, 2 stars. Art was great, 4 stars.
As always, Stokoe's are is intricate, weird, and intriguing. It holds this book up together and I'm glad to have read it if only for the art.
I, unfortunately, couldn't latch onto the story. The characters were funny. The situations were funny. But I found myself flipping through just to look at the art. It felt like the text meandered until it ended. I kind of wish there was some kind of overarching story because, as it stands, this was more or less a spattering of scifi cooking on top of random events and interesting looking aliens and locals.
Story wasn't great, 2 stars. Art was great, 4 stars.
August 8, 2023
Wild crusty space jaunt! Cool to see Stokoe’s progression from the first half to the second. Probably the closest thing to manga that I will read.
August 17, 2017
James Stokoe makes the kind of comics that make me wish I could draw. His comics are so obviously created with a deep love of the medium that I can't help but enjoy them. From the description of this book I'd never have guessed that I would like it so much: a couple of space truckers fly to different planets, eating weird food and getting into goofy, often food-related adventures. Sounds ridiculous.
But of course that's part of what makes this book so fun. My old pal and colleague Drew Hayes (1969-2007) once described his favorite working position for drawing his comic Poison Elves: he would lie on the floor, propped up on his elbows, feet in the air, and draw page after page, making the appropriate sound-effects noises as he drew characters punching, shooting, swinging swords, whatever. Though I doubt Stokoe approaches his craft in the same way (Drew was a bit of an oddball), I wouldn't be surprised if this were his method, too. There's a spontaneity to Stokoe's pages. Not just in the writing but in the penstrokes as well. This guy's having fun, and that fun rubs off on his readers (or this one, anyway).
That said, I did enjoy the second part ("Soft Served") slightly better than the first ("Space Trucker Opera"). Whereas the first part has weird sentient food, deep space ninjas ("doing nothing but floating around for 3 years [waiting to attack passing ships] tends to make you a complete pussy"), a return to Plaxos (where Johnny Boyo's girlfriend Citrus Watts is still attending the culinary school from which Johnny dropped out), and an epic cook-off between Johnny and the Twin Twingos, the second part starts off with Johnny and Deacon getting high on Eltyuktuks weed, which distills "a thousand millennia of peaceful memories in a pipe." This scene is amazing, and very funny. Then Deacon tells us a story from his past, involving, well, a sex bear. I won't bother to try to explain this. Suffice to say it's hilarious. Then Johnny and Deacon eat Vellanian Pookapples, which spawn micro-civilizations who go to war in the stomach lining of whoever eats the fruit. (The civilizations who set up residence in Johnny's stomach, by the way, remind me of something out of Vaughn Bode's work.) Then Johnny and Deacon fight some Gow monsters. The end.
So Wonton Soup doesn't have anything resembling a plot, and nothing in the way of character development (Stokoe even includes a joke about this in the set-up to Deacon's sex bear story), but that's OK. It's well-told, well-drawn, and funny. I might even like this better than Orc Stain.
But of course that's part of what makes this book so fun. My old pal and colleague Drew Hayes (1969-2007) once described his favorite working position for drawing his comic Poison Elves: he would lie on the floor, propped up on his elbows, feet in the air, and draw page after page, making the appropriate sound-effects noises as he drew characters punching, shooting, swinging swords, whatever. Though I doubt Stokoe approaches his craft in the same way (Drew was a bit of an oddball), I wouldn't be surprised if this were his method, too. There's a spontaneity to Stokoe's pages. Not just in the writing but in the penstrokes as well. This guy's having fun, and that fun rubs off on his readers (or this one, anyway).
That said, I did enjoy the second part ("Soft Served") slightly better than the first ("Space Trucker Opera"). Whereas the first part has weird sentient food, deep space ninjas ("doing nothing but floating around for 3 years [waiting to attack passing ships] tends to make you a complete pussy"), a return to Plaxos (where Johnny Boyo's girlfriend Citrus Watts is still attending the culinary school from which Johnny dropped out), and an epic cook-off between Johnny and the Twin Twingos, the second part starts off with Johnny and Deacon getting high on Eltyuktuks weed, which distills "a thousand millennia of peaceful memories in a pipe." This scene is amazing, and very funny. Then Deacon tells us a story from his past, involving, well, a sex bear. I won't bother to try to explain this. Suffice to say it's hilarious. Then Johnny and Deacon eat Vellanian Pookapples, which spawn micro-civilizations who go to war in the stomach lining of whoever eats the fruit. (The civilizations who set up residence in Johnny's stomach, by the way, remind me of something out of Vaughn Bode's work.) Then Johnny and Deacon fight some Gow monsters. The end.
So Wonton Soup doesn't have anything resembling a plot, and nothing in the way of character development (Stokoe even includes a joke about this in the set-up to Deacon's sex bear story), but that's OK. It's well-told, well-drawn, and funny. I might even like this better than Orc Stain.
August 17, 2014
I really wanted more from this one. I was hopeful for a sweet story about a space-hopping chef, and only kind of got that. The rest is a sort of stream-of-consciousness style story that meanders without ever really doing anything. The first volume is stronger than the second in terms of plotting, while the second half is stronger artistically, but muddled by goofy visuals and the lack of any intrigue.
Wonton soup is neat, and good fun, but the off the wall plotting and self-aware nature kept me too far away to really get into it. Stokoe is an awesome artist, and he has some excellent ideas, but there's not a lot going on here narratively. That said, I'd love to see more. There are some really strong potential characters here that could really work to round this gonzo-universe into something bigger.
Wonton soup is neat, and good fun, but the off the wall plotting and self-aware nature kept me too far away to really get into it. Stokoe is an awesome artist, and he has some excellent ideas, but there's not a lot going on here narratively. That said, I'd love to see more. There are some really strong potential characters here that could really work to round this gonzo-universe into something bigger.
August 28, 2014
This collection includes volume 1 and volume 2. Having never read anything by James Stokoe, I found the first volume to be funny, creative, and especially weird. He obviously knows how to give oddball characters dry humor and deadpan deliveries, and at times they had me laughing out loud.
Volume 2 had more of an underground comix vibe but too many gross-out jokes and I felt he kept breaking down the fourth wall to the point where it was no longer funny.
I'd definitely recommend checking out the first volume to discover his unique style and humor, but volume two could easily be skimmed or skipped altogether.
Volume 2 had more of an underground comix vibe but too many gross-out jokes and I felt he kept breaking down the fourth wall to the point where it was no longer funny.
I'd definitely recommend checking out the first volume to discover his unique style and humor, but volume two could easily be skimmed or skipped altogether.
November 20, 2025
James Stokoe is perhaps most famous for his vibrant colors and “shit, son” sense-of-scale battle sequences in books both licenced (IDW’s Godzilla: The Half-Century War) and creator-owned (Image’s D&D cum Dio song-comic Orc Stain). But before he wrote/drew those, there was Wonton Soup, an everything but the kitchen sink “space trucker cooking opera” told in two volumes published between 2007 and 2009.
Wonton Soup isn’t Stokoe’s earliest published work, but the real value in this new edition, collecting both volumes for a low price, is the opportunity to watch Stokoe’s development as a storyteller. The premise of Wonton Soup is familiar by design; culinary prodigy-turned-slacker Johnny Boyo and dreadlocked, sex-craved sidekick Deacon Vans carry exotic freight across the galaxy, stumbling into adventures and generally trying to put some distance between them and their respective home worlds. The book exists in the background of universes like Dune or Alien; it’s Star Wars if The Empire Strikes Back spent its run time following that Ice Cream Machine Guy in Cloud City instead of Luke and Leia.
Early in volume one, Johnny finds a hologram projector in his bowl of space-chicken wontons that begs for the help of a chosen one who can save a fledgling rebellion from a super-weapon. Johnny, of course, ignores this and finds his off-planet hotel. Stokoe doesn’t explore this meta-textual angle with much depth but it does play off nicely in a sequence in which Johnny and his estranged girlfriend Citrus hash out their relationship baggage while a colonial marine “history documentary” blares off the TV in front of them; lines like “DESERTERS WILL BE SHOT!” playing off of Johnny’s admission that “you know why I left.”
Taken as a whole, Wonton Soup’s weakness is that it isn't willing to commit to, well, anything. Stokoe creates a handful of pretty interesting and charming characters but places them in only in a series of vignettes. The first volume putters around until it reaches it’s (admittedly excellent) climactic Iron Chef face-off between Johnny and twin rivals from his former cooking school. The second volume goes for broke by opening with a prolonged space drug trip that ends up incorporating snippets of autobiography from Stokoe when he runs out of gas. Taken on their own, these stories are fun; read together they don't add up to more than the sum of their parts.
Where Wonton Soup succeeds is in Stokoe’s conceptual creativity. He tosses off ideas like a group of space-camouflage ninja thieves, star cruisers shaped like Buddha or sub-intestinal political assassinations. Many creators would build an entire book around stuff like this, but Stokoe just uses them for atmosphere. Science fiction often runs into trouble when it tries to hard to make its conceits seem real. No one cares what powers a lightsaber or a what a giant sandworm eats. In contrast, Stokoe’s explanatory sidebars, usually detailing Johnny Boyo’s intergalactic recipes, work because they revel in absurdity and add a little color and texture with lines like “If the lettuce is cut too thick and chunky, the CXL will realise they are being prepared wrong and will strangle the chef responsible.”
As this collected edition transitions between volume one and volume two, you’re stuck immediately by how much tighter Stokoe’s pencils have become in the intervening two years. The first volume’s loose drawings and speech bubble typos give way to a far more visually polished work. While the first installment occasionally shows off clever uses of negative space, Stokoe’s willingness to experiment shines through with inventive layouts (like the aforementioned tripping sequence that ends with a series of panels that multiply as they shrink). At the end of the day, Wonton Soup is an early effort but it’s an early effort from one of the best artists working today. While Stokoe doesn’t reach the ambitious heights of later works, there’s enough here to satisfy fans of his more recent comics or readers just looking for their weird-o sci-fi comics fix.
Wonton Soup isn’t Stokoe’s earliest published work, but the real value in this new edition, collecting both volumes for a low price, is the opportunity to watch Stokoe’s development as a storyteller. The premise of Wonton Soup is familiar by design; culinary prodigy-turned-slacker Johnny Boyo and dreadlocked, sex-craved sidekick Deacon Vans carry exotic freight across the galaxy, stumbling into adventures and generally trying to put some distance between them and their respective home worlds. The book exists in the background of universes like Dune or Alien; it’s Star Wars if The Empire Strikes Back spent its run time following that Ice Cream Machine Guy in Cloud City instead of Luke and Leia.
Early in volume one, Johnny finds a hologram projector in his bowl of space-chicken wontons that begs for the help of a chosen one who can save a fledgling rebellion from a super-weapon. Johnny, of course, ignores this and finds his off-planet hotel. Stokoe doesn’t explore this meta-textual angle with much depth but it does play off nicely in a sequence in which Johnny and his estranged girlfriend Citrus hash out their relationship baggage while a colonial marine “history documentary” blares off the TV in front of them; lines like “DESERTERS WILL BE SHOT!” playing off of Johnny’s admission that “you know why I left.”
Taken as a whole, Wonton Soup’s weakness is that it isn't willing to commit to, well, anything. Stokoe creates a handful of pretty interesting and charming characters but places them in only in a series of vignettes. The first volume putters around until it reaches it’s (admittedly excellent) climactic Iron Chef face-off between Johnny and twin rivals from his former cooking school. The second volume goes for broke by opening with a prolonged space drug trip that ends up incorporating snippets of autobiography from Stokoe when he runs out of gas. Taken on their own, these stories are fun; read together they don't add up to more than the sum of their parts.
Where Wonton Soup succeeds is in Stokoe’s conceptual creativity. He tosses off ideas like a group of space-camouflage ninja thieves, star cruisers shaped like Buddha or sub-intestinal political assassinations. Many creators would build an entire book around stuff like this, but Stokoe just uses them for atmosphere. Science fiction often runs into trouble when it tries to hard to make its conceits seem real. No one cares what powers a lightsaber or a what a giant sandworm eats. In contrast, Stokoe’s explanatory sidebars, usually detailing Johnny Boyo’s intergalactic recipes, work because they revel in absurdity and add a little color and texture with lines like “If the lettuce is cut too thick and chunky, the CXL will realise they are being prepared wrong and will strangle the chef responsible.”
As this collected edition transitions between volume one and volume two, you’re stuck immediately by how much tighter Stokoe’s pencils have become in the intervening two years. The first volume’s loose drawings and speech bubble typos give way to a far more visually polished work. While the first installment occasionally shows off clever uses of negative space, Stokoe’s willingness to experiment shines through with inventive layouts (like the aforementioned tripping sequence that ends with a series of panels that multiply as they shrink). At the end of the day, Wonton Soup is an early effort but it’s an early effort from one of the best artists working today. While Stokoe doesn’t reach the ambitious heights of later works, there’s enough here to satisfy fans of his more recent comics or readers just looking for their weird-o sci-fi comics fix.
April 22, 2018
I really wanted to love this; the futuristic space chef/trucker/traveller premise was intriguing and the artwork of characters and worlds were very immersive, creative and beautifully drawn.
What it lacked was:
An interesting story arc - There are flashes of great ideas (who doesn't like space ninjas??) that seem to end short and aren't really woven together. This won't have been helped by this book being an amalgamation of shorter stories.
Depth of characters/likeable characters - The weed/bro culture of this overtly masculine book was of no appeal to me, likewise the aloof and literally too-cool-for-school protagonist was not particularly believable or likeable. 'Fuckin tits I am thirsty' is about the depth of most conversation and there's an overreliance on crass 'jokes' about bodily functions. A long running graphic novel series would probably be required to do some of these characters justice, as many only survive for a few pages, but this would obviously require a long-term commitment from the author.
There are funny moments, like the protagonist getting repeatedly fwapped in the face by exploding meat during an innovative cooking lesson, or the gruesome fangirl monster fishing for careers advice. The world created definitely has potential for further exploration, but I feel it would require a team of creators to produce the volume of work to flesh this out sufficiently and greater emphasis needs to be placed on character and storyline development.
One positive is that it does make me want to put greater effort into creating new and novel recipes the likes of which the likes of which have never been seen before.
What it lacked was:
An interesting story arc - There are flashes of great ideas (who doesn't like space ninjas??) that seem to end short and aren't really woven together. This won't have been helped by this book being an amalgamation of shorter stories.
Depth of characters/likeable characters - The weed/bro culture of this overtly masculine book was of no appeal to me, likewise the aloof and literally too-cool-for-school protagonist was not particularly believable or likeable. 'Fuckin tits I am thirsty' is about the depth of most conversation and there's an overreliance on crass 'jokes' about bodily functions. A long running graphic novel series would probably be required to do some of these characters justice, as many only survive for a few pages, but this would obviously require a long-term commitment from the author.
There are funny moments, like the protagonist getting repeatedly fwapped in the face by exploding meat during an innovative cooking lesson, or the gruesome fangirl monster fishing for careers advice. The world created definitely has potential for further exploration, but I feel it would require a team of creators to produce the volume of work to flesh this out sufficiently and greater emphasis needs to be placed on character and storyline development.
One positive is that it does make me want to put greater effort into creating new and novel recipes the likes of which the likes of which have never been seen before.
Review of advance copy received from Edelweiss+
Read this as an arc but the blurb mentions that nothing changed, except that it got a new cover and is now in hardcover (but I read it as an ebook).
Both volumes are anthologies with smaller connections that I wanted it to be, I personally didn't care for any of the characters, which is I guess fine for this book since it's focus is more on the absurd "ingredients" like sentient alien who's only purpose is to be eaten and cooked properly and comedy which doesn't always land. And I like the first volume more than the second volume, it feels a little bit too long.
I requested this one because of James Stokoe, since I really love his DC comic variant covers, haven't seen any from Marvel or other indie comic. The interior art feels a little bit different from his cover art, which is unsurprising since he needs to add space for the dialogue and have cleaner backgrounds for clarity. And the style is closer to a manga (japanese comic) than a western one.
Both volumes are anthologies with smaller connections that I wanted it to be, I personally didn't care for any of the characters, which is I guess fine for this book since it's focus is more on the absurd "ingredients" like sentient alien who's only purpose is to be eaten and cooked properly and comedy which doesn't always land. And I like the first volume more than the second volume, it feels a little bit too long.
I requested this one because of James Stokoe, since I really love his DC comic variant covers, haven't seen any from Marvel or other indie comic. The interior art feels a little bit different from his cover art, which is unsurprising since he needs to add space for the dialogue and have cleaner backgrounds for clarity. And the style is closer to a manga (japanese comic) than a western one.
April 30, 2026
This was a bit different than I was expecting. I thought it was just going to be about a person wandering the galaxy for ingredients to make the best wonton soup (or something). Instead, I learned a little about high-risk cooking, using methods that could potentially result in death, which was pretty cool. I liked the main character's dedication to cooking and found the final cook-off with the twins at the end of Volume 1 to be really entertaining. However, I found a bunch of the stuff that happened in the meantime to be boring and I didn't like the main character's traveling companion, since he was overly obsessed with sex. Volume 2 wasn't too memorable to me; I definitely preferred Volume 1. This definitely is more geared towards men. The art style was pretty cool, though I wish it was in color.
June 5, 2018
I don't actually have a whole lot to say about this. It's a collected tale about a space trucker who took up that occupation because he wanted to eat all the various foods across the galaxy that he could, and to learn to cook them. The book is more episodic than plot-driven, and it has an appealing cast of gonzo characters, gonzo ships, and even more gonzo food. I didn't find anything earth-shaking here, but I enjoyed it.
July 26, 2026
Like some other reviewers I went back and forth between three and four. Ultimately, I loved the art style, there were enough zany moments I had a blast with, and the concept of space chefs and high end alien cuisine I love. The story is all over the place, and the characters are a little flat. Still a fun read.
October 20, 2018
Pure Imaginative Fun!
This is a really fun read packed with awesome visuals. The story is simple and quirky but the originality of the art brings so much depth the the reading experience. Highly recommended.
This is a really fun read packed with awesome visuals. The story is simple and quirky but the originality of the art brings so much depth the the reading experience. Highly recommended.
May 5, 2020
This was a fun read! It's fun to see how Stokoe's style has evolved, and see it at it's earlier stages, unrestrained by working through a preexisting property. Any roughness around the edges should be chalked up to it's punk rock attitude. Good stuff, this.
February 12, 2026
Not too much to say. It's a fun read coupled with an excellent artistic style. It's not anything deep, and it doesn't try to be. Just marvel at the intricacy on display on the book's many splash pages.
September 1, 2026
The food is so abstract and fantastical that it doesn't even really feel like a cooking series. They could be doing pottery and the vibe would probably be the same. There was an indie absurdity to it that didn't land for me. The two leads are a drifting punk chef and a horny bohemian, neither appealed to me.
October 13, 2017
The art is very good and detailed but I just didn't like the story. I didn't enjoy the whole being weird for the sake of being weird, the silly names, just wasn't my style.
September 30, 2018
Cool visuals and a crazy space and cooking adventure.
March 31, 2019
Great art. Ok story. Want more
April 9, 2021
Not up there with Orc Stain, can see more of a Jamie Hewlett influence. Fun but a bit lightweight.
November 6, 2023
3.5 stars
Enjoyed most of the plot and storytelling. Did enjoy the characters and the worldbuilding but I think all in all this book was just way too bizarre for me.
Enjoyed most of the plot and storytelling. Did enjoy the characters and the worldbuilding but I think all in all this book was just way too bizarre for me.
March 17, 2025
A fun zip around the culinary galaxy. Enjoyed the little author interludes
March 24, 2026
Hyper hard boiled culinary space escapade
August 9, 2026
If you would see skill & craft pissed away to make a monument to stupidity and indolence, a diseased toilet of sin & perversion, please please please do whatever you can to lay hands on this.
April 6, 2026
Douglass Adams meets The Food Network in this quick-reading, not especially well plotted, yet enjoyably weird and wild Manga. The story was less focused and the humor more sophomoric than I prefer in a Manga, and though I enjoyed the artwork, it was not the highlight it could have been. But still, it was fun and imaginative enough to be well worth the $1 I paid for it. 85/100
April 27, 2014
I've said it before and I'll say it again. Stokoe is a genius. He might be an oxymoron because he's an angry Canadian but whatever makes him who he is, is a good thing for us.
Finally collecting all the adventures of Johnny Boyo and Deacon. Stokoe's distinctive style and attention to detail shows us that cooking could be so much more. So much more...
Vol 1: A Space Trucker Opera. AFter a fight with space ninjas, Boyo gets stranded in space. His sexual deviant partner Deacon finds a ride to a hellish rock which happens to be Boyo's old stomping grounds. Boyo reunites with an estranged love and pays his old culinary tutor a visit. In the process he is challenged to a cook-out. The charm of this is the ingredients are insane, and the cooking process is even more insane. It speaks of a creative force impressive enough to continue onto a sequel.
Vol 2: Cooking doesn't feature too much here but when it does, it's deeply deviant. The focus is on a drug they take that sends them to lala land for an indeterminate period of time. Stokoe must have lost hours of his life towards penciling and inking this volume. I can see why there hasn't been another sequel, but irony is, he went on to do Orc Stain and Godzilla, each of which are much more ambitious works in their respective ways.
If you're jacked into the weird, you won't be disappointed. In fact you'll be disappointed when you are left wanting after you quickly burn through Stokoe's entire body of work, which is unfortunately limited. Quality over quantity, don't you agree? If you're easily offended, read it anyways. I think that's the point.
Finally collecting all the adventures of Johnny Boyo and Deacon. Stokoe's distinctive style and attention to detail shows us that cooking could be so much more. So much more...
Vol 1: A Space Trucker Opera. AFter a fight with space ninjas, Boyo gets stranded in space. His sexual deviant partner Deacon finds a ride to a hellish rock which happens to be Boyo's old stomping grounds. Boyo reunites with an estranged love and pays his old culinary tutor a visit. In the process he is challenged to a cook-out. The charm of this is the ingredients are insane, and the cooking process is even more insane. It speaks of a creative force impressive enough to continue onto a sequel.
Vol 2: Cooking doesn't feature too much here but when it does, it's deeply deviant. The focus is on a drug they take that sends them to lala land for an indeterminate period of time. Stokoe must have lost hours of his life towards penciling and inking this volume. I can see why there hasn't been another sequel, but irony is, he went on to do Orc Stain and Godzilla, each of which are much more ambitious works in their respective ways.
If you're jacked into the weird, you won't be disappointed. In fact you'll be disappointed when you are left wanting after you quickly burn through Stokoe's entire body of work, which is unfortunately limited. Quality over quantity, don't you agree? If you're easily offended, read it anyways. I think that's the point.
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