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Muzz
There is heaven and hell for those dearly departed remembered by the living, but muZz is the place where unspoken, untold dreams and secrets go when those who made and hid them expired. On the train heading towards muZz, a girl wakes up and finds herself unable to remember anything about herself and surrounded by odd creatures. muZz is the story of her re-self discovery.
216 pages, Paperback
First published June 18, 2008
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January 6, 2021
THANK YOU SLG for giving this storyteller free reign. Foo Swee Chin is my favourite artist and this has been one of my favourite graphic novels for years, because it is SO beautiful and weird.
Also idk why Greg Weismann is credited as the author of this. I know he has worked with SLG before but as far as I’m aware he didn’t contribute to MuZz at all? Anyway, in the edition I have FSc is credited as the only writer and artist.
Also idk why Greg Weismann is credited as the author of this. I know he has worked with SLG before but as far as I’m aware he didn’t contribute to MuZz at all? Anyway, in the edition I have FSc is credited as the only writer and artist.
October 23, 2025
I found this book in my school library and was immediently drawn to the unique cover and art style. Upon reading it I found it to be one of my new favorite books despite the rather difficult to understand story line. Having loved this book so much, I purchased it online for around six dollars only to find looking back that this book barely exists anymore. I've scowered online for it and can only find a few places where it still exists, not to mention FSc's other books which I can't find anywhere. I'm truly so happy to have the copy I found and hope to expand my collection of FSc's books.
August 8, 2023
I'm hugely biased here because I adore FSB's art style so much. She's a true visionary showing us people, creatures, and places that no one else can. I desperately want to support anyone who is brave enough and introspective enough to do that. So, sure, the book makes no sense, is nigh impossible to follow, and does not contain a recognizable story structure, but... I don't really care. I love it.
November 4, 2013
This is a tough one for me to review. I generally get through books pretty quickly, with something the size of MuZz 1 usually taking me in the neighborhood of a day or two. But this one, I just had a hard time getting into it.
A lot of it is the art, and this is another reason this is hard to admit. I LOVE the art style of this book. I love the expressiveness, the detail, the variety. But I had an incredibly hard time sometimes keeping characters visually straight and telling them apart, which contributed to me just stepping away from this book for days on end. It's hard to keep track of the story when you can't always tell who's talking.
What I could tell of the story I did enjoy, but a lot of it was muddled due to the previously mentioned issue I was having. There were additional barriers - some of the scene transitions were jarring and left me puzzled, sometimes the dialogue didn't seem to make solid sense as a conversation and a lot of the concepts of this entirely new world are not in any way explained or defined, leaving me feeling more lost than our main characters.
These issues did start to ease up about the 2/3 point, and the last third of the story was, I thought, significantly stronger and more coherent.
I do wonder how much of it is *supposed* to not make sense. The world is introduced via a train full of forgotten creative ideas taking their final journey, and a lot of what we get here seems to be just that - ideas, whose connection to the overarching story are either tenuous or not yet explained.
Overall, its a really unique piece of art, and once it finds its footing and gives you characterization to sink your teeth into, it becomes something pretty compelling, but for me at least, I spent a good chunk of the reading time confused. Maybe I'm just too old for it. :)
A lot of it is the art, and this is another reason this is hard to admit. I LOVE the art style of this book. I love the expressiveness, the detail, the variety. But I had an incredibly hard time sometimes keeping characters visually straight and telling them apart, which contributed to me just stepping away from this book for days on end. It's hard to keep track of the story when you can't always tell who's talking.
What I could tell of the story I did enjoy, but a lot of it was muddled due to the previously mentioned issue I was having. There were additional barriers - some of the scene transitions were jarring and left me puzzled, sometimes the dialogue didn't seem to make solid sense as a conversation and a lot of the concepts of this entirely new world are not in any way explained or defined, leaving me feeling more lost than our main characters.
These issues did start to ease up about the 2/3 point, and the last third of the story was, I thought, significantly stronger and more coherent.
I do wonder how much of it is *supposed* to not make sense. The world is introduced via a train full of forgotten creative ideas taking their final journey, and a lot of what we get here seems to be just that - ideas, whose connection to the overarching story are either tenuous or not yet explained.
Overall, its a really unique piece of art, and once it finds its footing and gives you characterization to sink your teeth into, it becomes something pretty compelling, but for me at least, I spent a good chunk of the reading time confused. Maybe I'm just too old for it. :)
August 23, 2014
Definitely one of my favorite graphic novels of all time. The whole book reads like a fever dream and is made of the most distinct styles and plotlines I've ever come acrossed. It is of its own making and I really admire that. The art style is absolutely gorgeous. Reading it sort of reminds me of Tim Burton's sketchbook if Tim Burton had a slightly more anime-influenced style.
Unfortunately, I do have to deduct a star for the sheer clutter of this book. There is simpley too much going on with the pictures and spoken word to be clear enough to follow. I've read this twice now and still miss things because it's so jam packed and hard to read sometimes. It actually gave me several headaches to which I had to set the book down. What should have taken me two hours to read took 12.
Also, there are times when the book feels like it doesn't know who it wants its main character to be. First it's Farlee, then Edward, then Mordorrelin. I wouldn't mind so much if it didn't feel like the characters were being dropped off during this switch instead of put to the side of drawn back a bit. This was done better while Mordorrelin was lead than the other two. It was one of the reasons why I actually didn't like this the first time I read it.
I am considerably disappointed that there was never a volume 2 to be produced and am unsure if there will ever be another one at this point. But even if the series is to forever remain unfinished, this is still a book to read for it's sheer originality.
Unfortunately, I do have to deduct a star for the sheer clutter of this book. There is simpley too much going on with the pictures and spoken word to be clear enough to follow. I've read this twice now and still miss things because it's so jam packed and hard to read sometimes. It actually gave me several headaches to which I had to set the book down. What should have taken me two hours to read took 12.
Also, there are times when the book feels like it doesn't know who it wants its main character to be. First it's Farlee, then Edward, then Mordorrelin. I wouldn't mind so much if it didn't feel like the characters were being dropped off during this switch instead of put to the side of drawn back a bit. This was done better while Mordorrelin was lead than the other two. It was one of the reasons why I actually didn't like this the first time I read it.
I am considerably disappointed that there was never a volume 2 to be produced and am unsure if there will ever be another one at this point. But even if the series is to forever remain unfinished, this is still a book to read for it's sheer originality.
March 23, 2016
2 1/2 stars. I'd really love to rate this book higher because I absolutely love FSc. I think her art style is one of the most original i've seen in comics and I've been a big fan of her since reading Nightmares and Fairy Tales. Truth be told those books are the sole reason I picked this up and as always, the artwork is gorgeous, but the story line suffers from a lack of focus and is extremely confusing. This is partly do to the language being somewhat awkward and partly because the transitions jump between characters in an incoherent way. All in all it's very pretty to look at but hard to follow. If she cleaned it up i'd love a second volume, I'd like to see more of Edward.
January 24, 2010
The story was very cool, but my favorite thing about this was the illustration. It was so expressive!
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