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Summary: A Beautifully Done Horror Tale
Review: Garlands of Moonlight is the first effort from creators Jai Sen (Writer) & Rizky Wasisto Edi (Illustrator), but you'd never know it by the finished product. The story is deceptively simple: An isolated island village is plagued by mysterious deaths, which the local medicine woman believes are the work of a supernatural creature. Within the relatively tight confines of the book's 86 pages, Jai Sen makes the village come alive with vividly realized characters, and Rizky Wasisto Edi's art is simply breathtaking. At first glance, it looks relatively simplistic, but a closer look shows a very talented illustrator at work; He knows just how to frame a scene, and each character looks like a real individual. The book is printed in a small format, so the price is accessible, and rather than standard black-and-white, an eye-catching silver ink is used. The result is really something special to see. The story itself moves briskly, and I was surprised to see how much story Edi fits into these 86 pages without bogging the pace down with unnecessary dialogue and/or extraneous captions. The ending is downright chilling. I'll definitely be on the lookout for future projects from these two extremely talented creators!
Rating:
Summary: A Beautifully Done Horror Tale
Review: Garlands of Moonlight is the first effort from creators Jai Sen (Writer) & Rizky Wasisto Edi (Illustrator), but you'd never know it by the finished product. The story is deceptively simple: An isolated island village is plagued by mysterious deaths, which the local medicine woman believes are the work of a supernatural creature. Within the relatively tight confines of the book's 86 pages, Jai Sen makes the village come alive with vividly realized characters, and Rizky Wasisto Edi's art is simply breathtaking. At first glance, it looks relatively simplistic, but a closer look shows a very talented illustrator at work; He knows just how to frame a scene, and each character looks like a real individual. The book is printed in a small format, so the price is accessible, and rather than standard black-and-white, an eye-catching silver ink is used. The result is really something special to see. The story itself moves briskly, and I was surprised to see how much story Edi fits into these 86 pages without bogging the pace down with unnecessary dialogue and/or extraneous captions. The ending is downright chilling. I'll definitely be on the lookout for future projects from these two extremely talented creators!
Rating:
Summary: A Beautifully Done Horror Tale
Review: Garlands of Moonlight is the first effort from creators Jai Sen (Writer) & Rizky Wasisto Edi (Illustrator), but you'd never know it by the finished product. The story is deceptively simple: An isolated island village is plagued by mysterious deaths, which the local medicine woman believes are the work of a supernatural creature. Within the relatively tight confines of the book's 86 pages, Jai Sen makes the village come alive with vividly realized characters, and Rizky Wasisto Edi's art is simply breathtaking. At first glance, it looks relatively simplistic, but a closer look shows a very talented illustrator at work; He knows just how to frame a scene, and each character looks like a real individual. The book is printed in a small format, so the price is accessible, and rather than standard black-and-white, an eye-catching silver ink is used. The result is really something special to see. The story itself moves briskly, and I was surprised to see how much story Edi fits into these 86 pages without bogging the pace down with unnecessary dialogue and/or extraneous captions. The ending is downright chilling. I'll definitely be on the lookout for future projects from these two extremely talented creators!
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Summary: Mesmerizing!
Review: I can honestly say I've read this book through at least 6 times. Each time I open it, Im once again drawn into the town and its inhabitants. It's rare for me to get this captivated by an illustrated novel, but Garlands does it for me. The exquisite illustrations in black and white are so in tune with the plot line, that the characters seem to come alive. I can't wait for the next in this series!![.]
Rating:
Summary: Mesmerizing!
Review: I can honestly say I've read this book through at least 6 times. Each time I open it, Im once again drawn into the town and its inhabitants. It's rare for me to get this captivated by an illustrated novel, but Garlands does it for me. The exquisite illustrations in black and white are so in tune with the plot line, that the characters seem to come alive. I can't wait for the next in this series!![.]
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Summary: Moonstruck!
Review: Not knowing anything about the premise of this book, I entered into it cold and found I could not put it down until I finished reading it. Jai Sen has written a captivating tale of Asian mythology, drawing the reader in and entrancing you until the very end. Each character came to life so much so that you were able to truly relate to their personalities as you read the tale. It takes an incredibly creative, soulful writer to bring characters to life so quickly in a story. Rizky Wasisto Edi's artwork is phenomenal! The illustrations cast the right amount of detail without a lot of clutter, which would have truly distracted from the telling of this story. From a production standpoint, the black and white artwork with silver inking to bring out the details is outstanding! I have never seen that used in a comic before and it complemented the artwork beautifully as well as bring the mysticism of the story to life! This is Shotopress' first book. With this type of quality story-telling and illustrations, they will undoubtedly have a long, successful publishing career.
Rating:
Summary: Moonstruck!
Review: Not knowing anything about the premise of this book, I entered into it cold and found I could not put it down until I finished reading it. Jai Sen has written a captivating tale of Asian mythology, drawing the reader in and entrancing you until the very end. Each character came to life so much so that you were able to truly relate to their personalities as you read the tale. It takes an incredibly creative, soulful writer to bring characters to life so quickly in a story. Rizky Wasisto Edi's artwork is phenomenal! The illustrations cast the right amount of detail without a lot of clutter, which would have truly distracted from the telling of this story. From a production standpoint, the black and white artwork with silver inking to bring out the details is outstanding! I have never seen that used in a comic before and it complemented the artwork beautifully as well as bring the mysticism of the story to life! This is Shotopress' first book. With this type of quality story-telling and illustrations, they will undoubtedly have a long, successful publishing career.
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Summary: Interesting story, excellent design
Review: The story gets 3 stars - its a retelling of a myth. The design is what sells this book. The book is inked over with a silver sheer that makes it seem as though you are reading the book in the light of the full moon. This innovation sucks you in to the artwork. I understand this publisher is doing the same thing to another book, this time with a gold-based inkover. I look forward to that and future uses of this technique.
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