Is it possible for a comic to be heartbreakingly quirky? Devastating and darkly funny? It almost feels like “bittersweet” could work, but that’s still not quite right. Hey, it looks like another mini kus book where you’ll have to figure it out for yourselves! If you’re curious, “etchingroom1” is an artistic group comprised of Kristina Yarosh and Anna Khodkova; since I have no idea if this was a group effort or the vision of one of them, I’m putting the collective name in the title and their real names as tags. More information than you needed or wanted, but there it is! This one starts off as a typical day, until the author walks by a candy shop. This brings up all kinds of memories of a recent heartbreak, and what follows are a series of imaginary candies that depict what it feels like to be going through a breakup and what comes after it. Most of these are double page spreads (and somehow manage to be both hilarious, grim and entirely too true), and I don’t want to give them away in the review. Outside of the sampled image, anyway, which kind of says it all about the “I know we shouldn’t be dating but I can’t bring myself to say anything” stage of dating. A few of these felt like gut punches, and if you’re ever been in love and then had it end badly you’ll most likely feel the same way. If you’ve never been in love but are curious about heartbreak (or are that mythical creature who married their high school sweetheart and have never had any problems), then this comic would do you some good too. See how the other half (or really 99%) live! This is $8 solo or $22 for a set of four comics; this is also the fourth comic of that set, so if you go back over the last few weeks you’ll see my reviews for the other comics and maybe that can help you make up your mind?
Posted by Kevin 
