Illustrated and Story by: Manix Abrera
VISPRINT
(5/5 ★★★★★)
"Mga tagpo ng kawindangan, kaligayahan, at kamatayan."
This is the first wordless Kikomachine Komix anthology made by Manix Abrera. It features 12 silent comics. It gives the reader their own interpretation on each stories for the text bubbles have been omitted out. The story will depend on how each facial expression and gesture are interpreted by the individual.
There are 12 stories which obviously doesn't have a title. But if I'd give a title for each one it would be like:
1 - Why?
2 - Late
3 - Anger Management
4 - Letting Go
5 - Killer Instincts
6 - Responsibility
7 - Respect
8 - Blind
9 - Day Dreaming
10 - Cheating
11 - Pursuit of Happiness
12 - Birthday Blues
I would say that my favorites would be the 3rd, 6th, 8th and 12th story. The third story depicts that we should always try to control our anger. Sometimes, for whatever reason it is, the fight that we have with that person isn't really worth prolonging.
The 6th story flashes back some memories since it deals with the dissection of a frog. I think the underlying theme for this story can be found from the famous line of the Spider-man comics, "Remember, with great power, comes great responsibility."
The 12th story is a sad closing story for the book. It is one of the worst things that could happen on anyone's birthday. I'd rather not spoil this one since this is better seen.
The story that really struck me is the 8th one. It deals with the story of a little girl who got lost in the crowd with her mother. Disturbing events followed, such as the removal of the girl's eyes and attaching it to her balloon. This served as her guide since she can now see above the crowd. The story ends with the crowd around her realizing that she's blind.
This is a nice collection of stories made by Manix. Some stories are really dark. But as with any work, it is the differences in the points of view that will elicit different responses as to the lightness or heaviness of the message of the story being imparted. Especially since these stories give us an image of how our current society functions. Such is the story of anger management, wherein numerous incidents of lack of self control often leads to death on the road. A common example usually seen is road rage.
These are stories seen in our everyday life. We just don't see it since most of them are just ignored. Indeed every story unfolds silently.
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