Welcome to the third and final round of the Indie Comics Compilation Triple Play on what is actually yet again a Monday. Maybe I should just rename this feature, my Sundays lately seem to find me without a comfortable time to blog. Ha, I kid. We'll get back on track eventually. Anyway, today's compilation is similar to the first one I featured, Fat Chunk, in that it's rooted in a larger overall comics-related project. It differs, however, in that the compilation itself is not the primary project it stems from.
The Comic: VOID Pulpo Volume 2: Citric ESP (Sadly, I don't own any other volumes. I know there's at least three)
By: EnterVOID.com. Yes, the author is given as the website itself.
By: EnterVOID.com. Yes, the author is given as the website itself.
Type: Compilation
Content Rating: Though individual entries vary in content, overall it's an R, maybe just a strong PG-13, mostly for language.
Plot: VOID Pulpo is a magazine offshoot of a website called EnterVOID, something sort of vaguely akin to a DeviantArt specifically for comics artists. It's a little more complex than that, though--specifically, an artist there will invent and upload reference images and backstory for a character, then put that character in mock "battles" with other artists, in comics form. A more detailed rundown can be found on the site itself. Pulpo, on the other hand, involves artists from the site but has nothing to do with the "battles" normally found on it, instead showcasing various artists' work in a more general comics context. Unlike the other compilations spotlighted in this series, Pulpo does not have a central theme to work with, so there's even more variety in the entries, though they do veer more towards the sci-fi end of the spectrum.
Personal thoughts: There are definitely some notable entries, though I do think the quality varies more in this collection than in the other two I've covered. There's an entry about a space explorer on a quest to find some decent wonton soup that I actually really liked, felt like a small aside in a larger story, and Gabriel Bautista/Galvo makes a reappearance in a fun little wordless comic about the difference between one's at-home and at-work selves. There are a few, however, that I just...don't get. There's this one about a gladiator that I feel is supposed to have some sort of point to it but doesn't, and one that I think is about a robot fighting another robot for some reason but the art, trying to be "detailed," ends up more as a confusing maelstrom of lines, plus the panel layouts don't flow very well. Overall, this one isn't recommended as highly as the others, but still, I say, is worth a look at, and it remains good to see former unknowns getting their work out into the open. VOID is a nifty project for that.
And that concludes the Indie Comics Compilation Triple Play, whee. I've got a game review planned fairly soon, so until then.
Holden Out.
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