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Megahex (2014)

by Simon Hanselmann(Favorite Author)

4.2 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1606997432 (ISBN13: 9781606997437)

languge

English

genre

Humor

publisher

Fantagraphics Books

review 1: Decently fun. Despite the fantasy trappings, this is basically about a group of stoners. Meg, the witch, and her cat Mog live pretty much to get high and torment their apartment-mate, Owl. Hanselmann brings a deadpan wit to the story and art. I can't speak for everyone, but I recognize the characters from my college days, though I was never close friends with any of them. I found myself caring about the characters in spite of the fact that I deplore their lifestyle. Towards the end of the book, Hanselmann starts throwing some deeper issues into the mix and it's all surprisingly affecting. In the end, this is pretty good stuff, better than I was expecting after the first few chapters.
review 2: This was one of the most surprising and depressing books I've... more come across. I just grabbed it from the Fantagraphics table at APE con because I like that publisher and the book was designed really well. Overall I feel really conflicted about this book, the art isn't great, but it's not bad either, the stories ranged from disturbing to vaguely amusing and just waffled in between most of the time. So I didn't super like it, but I didn't hate it either and I kind of want to read the next book when it comes out next year. I'm not going to go out of my way to find it but if I stumble upon it at a con like I did the first one I'll probably pick it up. This probably seems like a waffley review, and it is, but I feel like it's just perfect for this book so I'm going to leave it like this. less

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