Grey Crow Vol. 1

by Alice Rovai

Who is Grey Crow?
He’s the handsome, young and poor Oscar Wilde!
In Oxford, there is a special school (Magdalen College) that welcomes all the greatest artists ever (Vincent Van Gogh, Arthur Rimbaud, Bram Stoker, Paul Verlaine, Paul Gauguin) and Oscar has just started attending school!
Everyone loves the brilliant and beautiful Oscar…
Starting with a small and very sweet swallow.

Dive into this exciting story full of twists, poetry, drama and love!

Genres: Queer

96 pages, Paperback

Reviews

[Cat · Rating 5 out of 5]

At this point I think I enjoy torturing myself with tragic and true stories 😔

But an in depth review I suppose I can do, despite the tears currently streaming down my face.

until now I have been painfully oblivious to the incredible works and life of Oscar Wilde, and while I cannot call myself an expert, or even knowledgeable in his topic (I'm working on it) for the last three hours I have gone down a deep rabbit hole, attempting to patch my previous mistakes.

this novel has helped me do so. Not only introducing this world to me but telling it through beautiful art as well. I commend the author for writing this story (and continuing to write) in such a beautiful way. and I'm excited to see what is to come.

[tee (rin's version) · Rating 4 out of 5]

"I knew you'd ruin my life, so how can I not love you?" starting this book ruined my life so now what?

[Eva Facchinieri · Rating 4 out of 5]

“Corvo grigio”, graphic novel di Alice Rovai, edita da Silly Studios.
Possiamo definirla un retelling della vita dello scrittore e poeta Oscar Wilde.
In questa storia, Wilde è il nuovo arrivato al Magdalen College, una scuola davvero speciale che accoglie i più grandi artisti di sempre, tra cui Vincent van Gogh, Arthur Rimbaud, Bram Stoker e Paul Gauguin. Molti si affezionano al giovane e brillante Oscar, a cominciare da una piccola rondine (una sorta di suo “grillo parlante” personale).
Ma passa poco tempo prima che qualcuno si innamori del brillante Oscar.

Ho adorato lo stile di disegno della Rovai: delicato, romantico e dai tratti onirici. Ricco di riferimenti alle opere dell’autore inglese e fortemente ispirato al film Wilde del 1997.
Viene mostrato l’inizio di un tormentato e tragico triangolo amoroso tra Wilde, Robbie Ross e il pericoloso e inquieto Bosie.

Un primo volume molto soddisfacente, preludio di un destino tragico che, purtroppo, conosciamo fin troppo bene…

[zosia · Rating 3 out of 5]

2,5/5

[Stella ⭐ · Rating 5 out of 5]

{this review is about the 48 parts of the story that already exist on webtoon}

So. One day, I stumbled on a reel about this comic on Instagram. Intrigued, I decided to look it up. And thus begin.
Who knew that practically a fanfiction about Oscar Wilde could be this heart-wrenching?!?

As mentioned in the beginning, this story currently has 48 parts on webtoon. When I first saw that I thought to myself, "okay, this is going to take some
time to read." I read it an almost three days, and in this three days that I was reading it, it consumed my every thought. It was sweet, it was sad (not just sad, heartbreaking), I loved the characters, I hated the characters and in general ahhhhhh feelings.
I really, really hope there are more parts coming out, and if they are I'll update this review :)

⁠～Some of my favorite quotes～

"I belong to darkness, the same darkness that you came from."

"I knew you'd ruin my life, so how can I not love you?"

Edit: Okay, September 2025 update!! Part 49 is available rn on webtoon, I read it ofc, here are my thoughts: ehm I loved it,but that cliffhanger 😩 can't wait enough for the next part

Edit pt 2: last days of October and part 50 is out!! I loved it, but like it was so painful 😣

Edit pt 3: Ooof, long time since I last updated this review! Part 53 came out in the end of November, the story is really moving, pain continues 😢👍

Edit pt 4: January 20 2026, part 55 was just uploaded! A new character was introduced,and the next chapters are about to be really really interesting...