Wet Moon, Volume 2: Unseen Feet

Wet Moon #2

by Ross Campbell

Chloe and her friends are back in this new volume of the fan-favorite graphic novel series, WET MOON. The fascinating web of relationships and social circle politics continues to grow in unexpected directions, threatening to change Chloe's private corner of Savannah forever.

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Fiction, Queer, Graphic Novels Comics, LGBT, Horror

176 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2006

Reviews

[Macha · Rating 4 out of 5]

this is a lovely little series, and it would be too easy to miss it. it's so understated it could come off as aimless, but it's not. it captures the awkwardness and angst of that period between childhood and adulthood, when you have to find the courage to explore everyone and everything you meet, change your look daily, agonize over all kinds of things, until you find out who you are and what you want. cleo's alternately naive and knowing journey through her everyday turns up all kind of fears and consequences, and she's agonizingly uncomfortable with herself. she hasn't noticed yet that she has friends and goals and destinations, much less that people care about her, but it's clear that's what she's got and she will trust that someday. all the many characters seem sketchy at first but are well differentiated and finely drawn, even the ones with no speaking parts, and because we look through cleo's eyes we care about them, even the prickly ones. and we know why cleo can be prickly too. the naive and casual style of this series does a wonderful job of evoking a whole world, in the period of leaving home to enter into college life.

[Danielle · Rating 3 out of 5]

I wasn't so impressed with the story in Wet Moon 1, but it picks up in this volume and the artist changes up the character designs in a really interesting way. People get thicker, thinner, and more intriguing. And lots of girls with no arms/half arms!

[noosha · Rating 4 out of 5]

every character is a depressed self absorbed pathetic teenage asshole but i think i love this series????

[Anna Quilter · Rating 4 out of 5]

We learn a little more about Cleo/Vincent.
More about Fern.
Myrtle so wants Cleo.

Love these characters so much...there really doesn't need to be a plot....they hang out...bitch/gossip etc

[Sally Whitehead · Rating 5 out of 5]

I am working my way through this series as slowly as possible in order to prolong the pleasure. The temptation to order and devour the lot in one sitting is increasingly strong though.

I love absolutely EVERYTHING about Wet Moon - I feel like it was written for 18 year old me (I'm now 41) and it fills me with equal parts empathy, nostalgia, and just sheer sheer joy.

How long can I last before I order #3...

[Dimitris Papastergiou · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was ok, was waiting for something to happen but nothing. I guess it's me to being used of reading just slice of life comics lately, and honestly haven't been reading of anything like that for ages, I really really love the artwork and you definitely will too. So it's +1 star just for the art.

You like drama stuff about college kids and sprinkled along with some weird shit happening? You'll like this one.

[Gonzalo Oyanedel · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ross Campbell devela más pistas sobre de Cleo Lovedrop y sus amigas, otorgando más solidez a este ameno slice of life donde sus contraculturales protagonistas parecen solo compartir calles y lugares con el resto.

[jo · Rating 5 out of 5]

there is no question: cleo is adorable.

[Summer (speaking_bookish) · Rating 3 out of 5]

Volume two earned a third star from me in comparison to the two stars I gave volume one. I'm not really sure what compelled me to continue with this series except for the fact that it is compulsively readable, I read some reviews saying the series does get better as it goes on (so far thats proving true) and the characters were a modicum less unlikable in this installment.

Since this series is offered on Kindle Unlimited I will likely continue the series to see what happens next. This installment introduced us to a new love interest for Cleo, our main character, and I'm hoping that will help mute her woe-is-me look on life. I also continue to love the diversity offered in this series.

[King Ma · Rating 3 out of 5]

So I really enjoy Sophie Campbell’s illustration and the rhythm and even context of the dialogue feels very realistic. In general, I am not enjoying the characters. At times they are vapid, petty, mean, insecure, gossipy, whiny, and hyperbolic—a mix of qualities I do not enjoy in people. Sometimes I get annoyed and impatient when witnessing their drama and how toxic they are to each other. But they feel like real people and that’s worth something to me for some reason. I do enjoy their clothes and character designs. And I am so curious about what will happen next. So onward I guess...?

[Gabriel H. · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's really interesting to watch the artist's style develop across these books. I just started the third, and there's markedly different stuff going on from the first two already. But--to review any of these books individually seems....incorrect? At least, they don't entirely work for me as individual books, even accounting for them as a series, but I feel them starting to build toward something enough for me to keep reading.

[elin · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5/5

This volume is way better than the first one! I’m still impressed by how different the characters are from one another, which is often difficult to highlight in a comic compared to a book. The art style got better (it’s been two years since the first volume. I guess the illustrator got some time to improve during the time gap) and the font is not as difficult to read as the first time. I’ve probably gotten more acquainted with it.
Gonna read the 3rd book ASAP☺️

[Mark Robison · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pros:

* Great depictions of the variety of women's bodies

* Excellent artwork throughout

* Ending made me want more

* Always intriguing and a little odd

Cons:

* Slow pacing for the underlying mystery - so slow that I feel like nothing really happened in the first two volumes so I'm leery about whether the story will go anywhere in the next five.

[Lexyloowoo · Rating 3 out of 5]

I feel like this book will make a lot more sense when I can identify each character without having to go back. The story plot is interesting, the art is dark AND beautiful, and I’m ready to read the 3rd one. I am giving this 3.5 stars just cause I am getting the gist of the story but it feels like there are flashbacks that aren’t being called flashbacks.

[Kit Corcoran · Rating 3 out of 5]

I liked this volume a little better than the first now that something is actually going on in the story. The characters are all still whiny children in the bodies of young college students. I will keep reading the series because it's a super quick read.

[Haley Bibbee · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.25
Definitely better than the first, allowing the characters to have a tiny bit more depth amidst the angst. Really hated that I already have had to meet Myrtle, who was my least favorite in the fourth volume, which is how I was introduced to this series.

[Stijn · Rating 2 out of 5]

Ok, I'll stop with this series. The weird factor seems to be missing entirely from this one, while only mildly present in the first one. Maybe the marketing was a bit too enthousiastic referencing this with other weird things.

[Bridget · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a re-read but I cannot remember the original dates.

[Kit Feral · Rating 2 out of 5]

I still don't really feel these are for me. However another dramatic ending! I think I'm going to end up trying one more.

[Chloe · Rating 2 out of 5]

Picked this up since it was in the library. Still don't like any of the characters that much... I think I'll leave this series alone for a while.

[carly · Rating 3 out of 5]

it was okay. it's an average kinda graphic novel. really has zero plot. the ending is what saved it from getting a 2 star. guess i'll continue on.

[Paige · Rating 4 out of 5]

I can’t even tell you why I’m enjoying this series so much, or even where I found out about it... but I can’t stop and don’t plan on it.

[Morgan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pretty good read

It would be nice if they didn’t use the R-word
Otherwise an enjoyable read.
The art is 👌🏾
Recommended for light(ish) queer content

[Kayla Stump · Rating 3 out of 5]

Enjoying Trilby’s budding romance. Continues to be a fun story for lazy day type of reading.

[Lemon Ginger · Rating 3 out of 5]

High school fave reread, nothing much happens but I love these idiots <3

[Jonathan Lee B. · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wet Moon Vol. 2: Unseen Feet is driving to the grocery store at midnight.

[Jeff Mayo · Rating 2 out of 5]

I'm out. Nothing happens. There is no story. A bunch of 19-20ish girls have piercings, weird hair, and more than one amputation. But they are not interesting.

[The_Mad_Swede · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really liked the atmosphere and characters Sophie Campbell established in the first volume, Feeble Wanderings , and this second volume only fleshes these things out more thoroughly. There are some, more or less, mysterious plot elements in circulation, but thus far into the series at least, it is really well and truly a character drama, and it has me hooked for sure.

[#ReadAllTheBooks · Rating 3 out of 5]

I picked this volume up the same time as I did the first volume. While I love this series so far, the second volume didn't thrill me as much as the first one did. Everything seems to be character development, but no real plot progression (at least until the very last chapter or two of the book, that is).

This book continues the story of Cleo & her friends. We learn much more about them in this second volume and we watch many of the secondary characters (who may become main ones eventually) finally get introduced to Cleo. It's interesting, but it's just a little slow coming along. Don't get me wrong, I like it, but as a slice of life series it just lacks something I can't put my finger on. Even so, this series is a gem that's sure to please the indie comic fanbase.

[Mel · Rating 5 out of 5]

Third (or fourth) reading May 2016

First read July 2011 (read again since then but not noted)
I attempted to borrow volume 1 of this series from the library but they gave me vol 2 instead. Not having read the first one it was still easy to follow. I really liked it. While the characters didn't really do much besides talk and drink coffee it felt incredibly real. The art was an interesting style, I must admit I thought the characters lips looked really strange but then the level of detail on their skin made them seem really realistic. But I'm definitely going to have to read more of this series.