Review: Animosity #21
We“re back in the land of Animosity, a world where sentience doesn’t just belong to humans but to every creature big and small. We return to the house of snakes we entered last issue. The camp of animals have now noticed the absence of Sandor and Jess, who are still in the depths of tripping on snake venom. We are not with the camp of animals for long this issue, the cliffhanger of last issue weighing on our minds. After a single page of painterly neutral colours, our eyes are bombarded with vivid psychedelic images like we saw when the venom took its hold on our heroes. Prepare yourself to think, as the visions undertaken by Sandor and Jess are no mental walk in the park. It explores an animal“s perspective on the history of the world, drawing on the mythologies of Greece, Egypt, and Akan, among others. A notable section is exploring the creation myth of Christianity, with the layout changing drastically, evoking books on the subject aimed at children, but that is not to say that it is childish.
The notion of Fatherhood is a theme within this issue of Animosity. From discussing God and Humanity as father-like figures within Jess“s vision, and 
Sandor facing his own parentage in his. Speaking of Sandor“s vision, the cosmos is expressed beautifully within it, with motifs based around the tree of life held within.
There is one moment where the snakes take a misssssstep and prolong their s“s within their words, but after that it is gone again, retaining the slithery jagged speech bubbles that I praised last issue. The figure in Sandor“s vision has very fitting ethereal speech bubbles, crowned in gold, a colour often associated with deities, particularly in Christian iconography.
This issue throws a lot of existential information at our characters, and us, which is sure to be a lot for everyone to process. Hopefully, the reactions to this information will be explored in the next issue, teased with a paint-like paw print on its cover. Jess and Sandor“s adventure is far from over.
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(W) Marguerite Bennett
(A) Elton Thomasi
(Col.) Rob Schwager
(Let.) Carlos M. Mangual
(Pub.) Aftershock
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