Komacon

by Anina Bennett, Colleen Doran, Joseph Keatinge

Six exceptional young artists from South Korea join forces with six outstanding veteran American writers to create a cross-cultural anthology of spectacular breadth.

91 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 10, 2013

Reviews

[Wayne McCoy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Komacon is a really cool concept. Take 6 veteran American writers and team them with 6 up and coming artists from Korea to come up with a fresh, creative idea. The result is a fresh, inventive approach.

The stories each a few pages in length and the art styles range all over the place, from painted to pen and ink to idiosyncratic style. There is not a badly drawn story in the book, and the writing pairs up nicely with each.

It's hard to pick a favorite, but it might either be Fire Dog by Colleen Doran and illustrated by Hae Mi Jang, with it's story of a world with a dying sun, and the blind girl who might save everyone, or Smoker by Ben McCool with it's Bill Sienkiewicz inspired art by Jun-Hyuk Choi. Suffice to say, all the stories are great and wonderful introduction to these emerging talents.

[Matthew J. · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's an anthology, so it's a mixed bag. This feels like "pilot season" for the old TV networks. Most of the art is either good or really good. Some is very much not my thing. The writing is a bit more all over the place.
There were a couple that I'd read more of if the comics were easily available. But I wasn't excited enough by them to see if they ever got made.