Proxima Centauri (graphic novel) by Farel Dalrymple - Paul's REVIEW

*I received this book as an eARC from Image Comics via Edelweiss*

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Title: Proxima Centauri
Creator: Farel Dalrymple
Recent Release Date: January 29, 2018

Synopsis: Teenage wizard adventurer Sherwood Breadcoat is trapped on Proxima Centauri, a manufactured dimensional sphere 4.243 light-years from Earth.

Looking for escape and a way back to his brother, Sherwood also has to deal with his confusing emotions, alien creatures, and all sorts of fantastic dangers.

PROXIMA CENTAURI is a psychedelic science fantasy action comic book drama starring Sherwood Breadcoat, "The Scientist" Duke Herzog, Dr. EXT the Time Traveler, the ghost M. Parasol, Shakey the Space Wizard, and Dhog Dahog.

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Review: I'm not familiar with Farel Dalrymple's work. After reading some other reviews, it appears that this story connects to past works. I found myself confused most of the time I was reading this graphic novel. The art is sketchy and mind-bending. It's very unique and changes throughout the book to reflect the tone of the story.

This story seems to deal with multiple dimensions and time/space travel. There's both magic and technology. 

Although I found the art style very interesting, I could not follow the story. It was very trippy. Maybe if I reread it slower and really took the time on each page to try and decipher what was happening I could have understood the story better. I give this graphic novel a 2/5. It wasn't for me, but maybe it's your style. 


--PAUL