Kukuburi
I don’t really have a lot to say about this comic in particular, and so wisely, I won’t. Surprised? Get used to it. The art was decent, and the detail in it was good. The storyline was ok (if a bit overused in concept), if you like surreal comics that look like you’re watching someone’s acid induced dream with no sense of coherence or logical design.
These things don’t make it a bad comic; it makes it a comic that isn’t one I’d really enjoy simply because it’s very disorienting to me to read it. I spent so much time trying to understand where things were coming from, and why, that I missed a lot of what the comic probably has to offer. (The girl, in particular, looks like she dresses with clothes found in a dumpster somewhere and could use a good shower, or at least a mirror) Also, the “my life is dull and drab but I can escape to this incredible world where I’ll be SOMETHING” types of stories don’t appeal to me. Escapism is ok to a point - somehow this went past this point.
Based on its merits rather than my opinion, I give it 2 1/2 stars. All I can say is, read it yourself and decide.
The Doctor
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Kukuburi
http://www.kukuburi.com
by Ramón Pérez
Reviewed by The Doctor
(3 votes, average: 2.67 out of 5)
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August 1st, 2008 at 10:43 pm
Hey, what could be so disorienting about floating bits of ground, flying whales and an unspecified light source?
Actually, I’m sort of surprised you didn’t like Mr-Red-Shades-Death.
August 2nd, 2008 at 1:21 am
So you’re suffering from Vertigo thanks to Kukuburi?
August 2nd, 2008 at 10:16 am
Nah, not really, Delos - even that image of Death wasn’t all that original or grabbing, to me. I’ve always preferred the personification of Death to look like he befits his office. Goth girls, guys with red shades and the like don’t do it for me. Think “The Seventh Seal” instead of “Bill and Ted’s Bogus Journey.”
August 2nd, 2008 at 10:35 am
No, not vertigo - more that comics of this nature are just disorienting to me. I’m all for fantasy, but some logical consistency would be nice. I don’t particularly like comics that are so “dream-like” that they’re just bizarre and have no frame of reference for you to even get a hold of. I also am a firm believer that the human mind wouldn’t be able to handle such an incredible shift in reality, so that detracts a bit from my enjoyment of it.
August 2nd, 2008 at 12:16 pm
There weren’t no Goth girl here! Nadia was like a punk girl or something. Goth girls don’t wear cargo pants.
August 2nd, 2008 at 12:26 pm
I wasn’t referring to Nadia, although her “punk look” was bad enough, believe me. In answering Delos’ post, I was referring to the characterization of Death that has appeared other places. In the Sandman comics, I believe, she was depicted as a Goth girl. In Bill and Ted, as a buffoon. In this comic, apparently, he’s depicted as a skeleton with red sunglasses.
August 2nd, 2008 at 12:35 pm
Ohhhhh…. Gotcha. *click click* (That was my two fingers doing the gun thing.)
On a somewhat related note, I used to have a huge poster of Vertigo’s Death (painted by Chris Bachalo) on my dorm room wall in college. So we’re going to disagree on that point. Speaking of which, I gave it to my brother and I don’t know what he did with it. Man, I loved that poster.
August 2nd, 2008 at 12:39 pm
Well, yes, given the way she’s drawn I can understand why she’d adorn the wall of someone’s bedroom. When I went to college, I was in my 20’s so I’m afraid I was a bit beyond that at that point.
And to think I wasted all my time with posters of the universe and things like that on my walls. (dramatic sigh) Ah well.
Personally, the Goth look never appealed to me. It usually invoked barely choked back laughter and the desire to go up and cram garlic in their face and see if they flinched.
August 2nd, 2008 at 12:50 pm
In case it’s not clear to the general readership, Doc is referring to DC’s Sandman series Death character (Dream, Desire, Death, etc.) For the record, I’m using Death as a placeholder name. I’m not sure he has anything to do with death, except as a by product.
I see that the dream world in Kukuburi does not have enough “reality hooks” for you to work with. If it had been a little less ‘otherwordly’ it probably would’ve made a big difference for you.
August 4th, 2008 at 6:53 am
Very possible, at that. I honestly don’t know.