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The World
An illustrated documentation of the memories from The World, during and after the great war between the wizzards and machines. Fall deep into the puzzle of THE WORLD. Includes 6 random collectible stickers and a supplement sketch file.
76 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 2015
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July 29, 2016
Two "stories", mostly wordless, that give a sense of this invented world during two distinct time periods. Most of the drawings are very detailed with a lot going on (the artist cited "Where's Waldo" as one of his influences). Lots of great perspectives and dramatic panoramas.
The production on this book is excellent. Peow! usually publishes comics printed using a risograph machine, and this offset printing mimics the feeling of risograph with limited color use (three colors). My copy also came with bonus risograph printed cards showing various inhabitants of The World (kind of like baseball cards) and little stickers (like those found in Japanese convenience store snack waffles, apparently).
The production on this book is excellent. Peow! usually publishes comics printed using a risograph machine, and this offset printing mimics the feeling of risograph with limited color use (three colors). My copy also came with bonus risograph printed cards showing various inhabitants of The World (kind of like baseball cards) and little stickers (like those found in Japanese convenience store snack waffles, apparently).
April 22, 2018
I'm not quite sure what to think of this book.
A friend soft recommended it when, after saying she was coming over today to pick it back up because she needed it for work, I asked if I should read it. She said that it was mostly art and would be a quick read because barely any reading was required, and she was right.
The World is divided into two halves. The first half has almost no text at all, and depicts a war between the robots (drawn in blue) and the "wizzards" (drawn in red). At first I felt pretty bad for the wizzards because they had built these giant castles and fortresses but didn't seem to be able to defend themselves, but the master wizzard showed up and ended the war pretty handily and that was that. It's not clear why the robots and wizzards are fighting, only that the end of their conflict destroyed the world that was.
The second half is about the new world, where humans live in small villages without the temptations of the past. But as a village is attacked by bandits, not all humans are so willing to live in peace. The bandits primarily have a red color scheme and the village they're attacking is in blue, and I wonder what the point of that was? It is implying that the wizzards were the aggressors originally? Is it drawing a parallel between the peaceful wizzards and the hostile bandits? I don't know.
The wizzards were really cute, though. I feel bad for them.
There's a few questions to the author at the end, but they don't really elaborate on the world itself. The World is more about feel and mood than about plot or what exactly is happening. A nice, quick Sunday read.
A friend soft recommended it when, after saying she was coming over today to pick it back up because she needed it for work, I asked if I should read it. She said that it was mostly art and would be a quick read because barely any reading was required, and she was right.
The World is divided into two halves. The first half has almost no text at all, and depicts a war between the robots (drawn in blue) and the "wizzards" (drawn in red). At first I felt pretty bad for the wizzards because they had built these giant castles and fortresses but didn't seem to be able to defend themselves, but the master wizzard showed up and ended the war pretty handily and that was that. It's not clear why the robots and wizzards are fighting, only that the end of their conflict destroyed the world that was.
The second half is about the new world, where humans live in small villages without the temptations of the past. But as a village is attacked by bandits, not all humans are so willing to live in peace. The bandits primarily have a red color scheme and the village they're attacking is in blue, and I wonder what the point of that was? It is implying that the wizzards were the aggressors originally? Is it drawing a parallel between the peaceful wizzards and the hostile bandits? I don't know.
The wizzards were really cute, though. I feel bad for them.
There's a few questions to the author at the end, but they don't really elaborate on the world itself. The World is more about feel and mood than about plot or what exactly is happening. A nice, quick Sunday read.
November 11, 2016
The art, the stories, and the messages here are all fantastic. True to the title, this very much does feel like a fleeting glimpse of a full world, which I hope the author returns to someday.
October 12, 2018
another beautifully drawn little book!
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