Pixies

by Sean Patrick O'Reilly (Writer), Shawn DePasquale, Robert Olmedo

Joe Beck is an auto mechanic with the worst luck in the world, and his accidents have introduced him to every hospital employee within a sixty-mile radius. In Annie Hall, Woody Allen divides everyone into the Horrible and the Miserable. Joe unfortunately falls into both categories. To get the girl of his dreams Joe must discover his plague, 'The Pixie Curse', and find out how to redeem a mistake he made many years ago.

Genres: Graphic Novels Comics, Graphic Novels

85 pages, Hardcover

First published February 8, 2011

About the author

Author and founder of Arcana Studio, Canada's largest comic book company.

Reviews

[Jason · Rating 3 out of 5]

The story was better than I was expecting considering the tpb production values. The art was fine, not necessarily to my taste. And while I didn't love the ending (wrapped up too quickly and neatly and the asshole dad completely escaped the consequences of his assholeish behavior), the story itself had a LOT of substance. It probably could have been twice as many issues, requisite to continued effective dialogue. I'd also be interested seeing this plot presented as a drama or even horror. The concept is essentially that a boy inadvertently kills a pixie and he is made to pay for his mistake for the rest of his life by mischievous pixies (one of them the younger brother of the pixie who died and who does not want to be a part of the vengeance of his father, the pixie king) essentially causing bad luck for him wherever he goes, even though he is naturally a competent and intelligent thinker and problem solver. When he discovers that this is the case, he is understandably very angry and now we have this rich conflict between the abused and the reluctant abuser. O'Reilly didn't do enough with this, in my opinion, but he also didn't squander it.

[Weatherly · Rating 2 out of 5]

Found this on Scribd and thought I'd give it a try. Kind of disappointing. I wasn't really into the art style, and the story was super predictable. Also I can't really identify exactly why, but it felt a little misogynistic? (Like, the female characters were there specifically to give support. That's about it. Especially the female pixie character.) the story felt rushed, I don't even remember the character names... The dialogue wasn't good. Yeah. Just didn't enjoy it.

[Elsa · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is hilarious!

[Rizal · Rating 5 out of 5]

Gorgeous illustrations and the story is great too!

Two thumbs up!

[Kristina · Rating 4 out of 5]

I adore the artwork <3 exactly what I love! The plot is not very unique or exciting but it's still fun :)

[Lindsey Lawntea · Rating 3 out of 5]

sexist at points, but wonderful illustrations. There are character bios in the back, the Pixie King’s bio differs from the finished story as well as an image gallery