by Lucy Softich

Wet Moon, Book 1: Feeble Wanderings, by Ross Campbell
$14.95

Plot

Set in the southern town of Wet Moon, the story follows Cleo and her band of friends as they begin college. Cleo tries to adjust to her dorm room, her new roommates, and the sad slipping feeling of her friends slowly drifting in different directions.

First Impressions
Nice art, slow pacing. We don’t get much of an introduction to the story, we’re kind of thrown into it. The characters and plot unfold slowly on their own.

Lasting Impressions
It’s a very slow, quiet book, told most often in facial expressions and actions instead of dialogue or narration. The mood is thick, the art is beautiful, and the characters are intriguing and more realistic than I’m used to seeing in graphic novels. They’re beautiful and quirky and fascinating.

Behind the Scenes
At the end of this first volume, we get to see some old artwork for the story, including the first five pages of an earlier version of the comic. It’s nice to see how the artist’s artwork, and take on the characters, evolved over time.

Audience
I think Wet Moon will appeal most to a slightly “alternative,” female readership. It reminds me a lot of so many of my friends in high school. However, I think it has universal appeal for anyone in the last few years of high school, or the beginning of college.

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