{"id":29049,"date":"2025-06-05T12:09:11","date_gmt":"2025-06-05T17:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/?p=29049"},"modified":"2025-06-01T12:26:36","modified_gmt":"2025-06-01T17:26:36","slug":"mol-phoebe-fish-out-of-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/?p=29049","title":{"rendered":"Mol, Phoebe – Fish Out Of Water"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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I don’t like to use more than one page for a sample image, but since everything was a double page spread, I had to go with two pages. But hey, if a few of you buy her comic, I won’t feel guilty about it! Birdcage Bottom Books describes this as her debut comic, and if that’s the case it’s a hell of an impressive debut. Judging by her website she’s made several comics since and she’s working in several different artistic fields. Still, that’s all clear from her website, what’s the actual comic about? It starts off with a question I’ve thought about plenty: how far back can you go in your own memory? Is it an event of just vagueness, something indefinable? Then we get a couple fishing out on a lake, talking about dreams, followed by one of them catching a truly disgusting fish. That doesn’t stop them from eating it, which is when the comic really opens up. Eating the fish gives them a connection to something primal, which all of the swirling colors and floating text really emphasizes. It’s a ride I’d rather not spoil, but the whole thing felt like an unheard song to me. No, that won’t make sense to most of you, but if you read the comic and read this review again, maybe you’ll get there. It raised all kinds of questions about the nature of existence and memory, with the feeling of a haunting but somehow comforting song fading out. If you’re still wondering, yes, I’d recommend giving this one a shot. $10<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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