Skip
Ratings6
Average rating3.5
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Ratings6
Average rating3.5
A colorful, unpredictable postapocalyptic world comes alive in Skip, when two unlikely friends, Bloom and Gloopy, find themselves tossed from dimension to dimension. Gloopy is running toward adventure, and away from their home and friends who don't understand their creative talent. Bloom is desperately trying to return home to their lake, and avoid the terrible violence of the city. Instead, both Bloom and Gloopy find what they need in each other, and bravely return home to challenge their fears and create beauty in their own worlds. As Bloom and Gloopy skip through dimensions and encounter weeping giants, alligator islands, and a topsy turvy 2D world, they find comfort in each other and learn that sometimes, your greatest fear reveals where your strengths lie. Great for fans of Black Mirror. "Skip is a flurry of bold and vivid cartooning that pulls you through this tender story of friendship at heart-wrenching speeds. Molly layers every page with such a dense whimsicality that it left me wanting to go back and re-read so I could sink my eyes into the details again and again." --Sloane Leong, creator of Prism Stalker
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The art is fantastic. I love the various palettes, the dynamic layouts and sense of motion, and that each setting feels like its own.
However, I lacked sympathy for Gloopy. He was annoying, he felt inconsistent, and I don't know what he added to the story. I get that Bloom needs a companion mechanically as it gives him someone to talk to, helps with his character development, and gives him a foil. But ugh Gloopy.
Loved how ‘they' was used for Bee's pronouns and is asked if they're Bloom's parent.
I also loved at the end the changing of the pronoun I vs we.
The concepts and topics of being an outsider, being lonely/being a friend, community, taking care of others was addressed.
I have mixed feelings about the pacing. After the initial establishment of Bloom and Bee's world and then of Goopy's it becomes a frenetic crash into and out of various settings often in a state of chaos. Part of this is wonderful, it's exciting, but here's the mixed part you, like the characters, don't know what's going on. How/why did they change settings? Was it the necklace, if it was the necklace did it ever do that when Bee had it? It seemed random (even convenient) for their shift into another place.
