ANIMOSITY 1 PLUS

Collecting the first four issues of the best-selling series, plus the special one-shot issue ANIMOSITY: THE RISE. The world is plunged into chaos as the newly-intelligent Animals fight humanity, and simply fight each other, for their own life, liberty, and One day, for no reason, the Animals woke up.

If her work on titles like DC’s Bombshells is anything to go by, Animosity will only get better as she and de Latorre have more time to build this new world.One day, for no reason, the Animals woke up. Bennett’s wry, black humor and keen observational skills have already turned Animosity into a good allegory for real-world fears. 1 Interior Art by Juan Doeįans of Y the Last Man, We3 and Beasts of Burden should consider picking up this collected volume, which includes The Rise along with the first four issues. Doe, who also illustrated Brian Azzarello’s American Monster for AfterShock, has a much sharper and more stylized method, and Schwager uses a washed-out palette that feels sickly green and heavy on the page.Īnimosity Vol.

Particularly when contrasted with Juan Doe’s art for one-shot issue Animosity: The Rise, which traces the journey of Jesse’s older brother and a veteran, de Latorre’s art is bathed in the same sense of inherent kindness as Bennett’s writing. Animosity has clean lines and soft lighting, so even panels depicting a hamster eating her own young while becoming aware of her cannibalism don’t feel nearly as revolting as they could. For some readers, this will be more than enough to keep them happy and engaged as Jesse and Sandor’s adventure begins.Īrtist Rafael de Latorre is a real asset here, as is colorist Rob Schwager. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH, Redwall even Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey on these pages.

Bennett throws in explicit references to Watership Down, Animal Farm and Planet of the Apes, but there’s also a healthy dose of Mrs. Do not confuse sweetness with innocence or naiveté, though-the book is still violent and intentional with its ethical quagmires. The book leans heavily on nostalgia, which lends it an even greater air of sweetness in the face of doom. But Jesse, a preteen alone in the world aside from her protector pooch, is still kind and helpful, and she shares her food and love easily. Too many dystopian tales, even those about children, fall so quickly into darkness and adult moral quandaries that it’s impossible to retain any sense of joy or wonder. What makes this comic so remarkable is that it refuses to abandon Jesse’s childhood the moment danger starts, using humor and kindness to lighten a heavy story. 1 Interior Art by Rafael de Latorre & Rob Schwager By intentionally setting Animosity apart from zombie stories, in which animals rarely pose a threat, Bennett neatly steps out from the shadow cast by The Walking Dead.Īnimosity Vol. But as Sandor explains to Jesse’s father, this isn’t the kind of situation where a survivor can avoid interaction and keep their head down: with both humans and self-aware animals posing a threat, every geography from urban to rural holds untold danger. It feels like a play on True Grit, but with a koala wielding revolvers.Įarly on, writer Marguerite Bennett confronts the fact that the basic story structure follows paths well trod by zombie stories. Sandor, an aging, ill bloodhound, goes out into this world in an attempt to deliver his beloved girl, Jesse, to her older brother, a journey that takes the pair clear across the country from New York to San Francisco. Domestic pets protect their humans from the more violent beasts. Long suffering at the hands of abusive and indifferent humans, many critters enact vengeance. Animosity imagines a world where animals not only gain human-level intelligence and the ability to speak, but lash out in their new angry awareness.

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