Comic Book Review: Amazing Forest, by Erick Freitas and Ulises Fariñas

Title: Amazing Forest

Authors: Erick Freitas, Ulises Fariñas

Illustrators: Julien Dufour, Matt Rota, Melody Often, Yumi Sakugawa, Caitlin Rose Boyle, Angelica Blevins, Sean Pryor, Buster Moody, Job Yamen, Skuds McKinley, Austin Breed, Zoe Crockett

Publisher: IDW Publishing

Date of Publication: September 6, 2016

Number of Pages: 208

*I've received an ARC of the book via Netgalley. Thank you to the publisher.

Summary

Tales for the bold. Ideas for the strange. Wicked concepts that stir the minds of those with darkness in their hearts. A modern anthology that lends itself to a time when stories were short and ugly. Written by Ulises Farinas & Erick Freitas, each of these 24 different stories is drawn by a different, amazingly talented artist, each lending their unique talents to bring horrible happiness to the readers’ skulls!

Review

Amazing Forest is an anthology of strange stories. All stories were written by Erick Freitas and Ulises Fariñas, and illustrated by several artists. For this reason, they all feel and look different from one another. 

The sci-fi elements of the stories vary, as in one case it might be about robots, about an alien invasion of slime aliens, or superheroes. But, in general, they are all very very dark, a thing that I wasn't really expecting getting into it.

As it happens in most anthologies, some of the stories were memorable and interesting, while others didn't speak to me. The same exactly also applies to the art style. For me, the best stories in the collection were The Bird Watcher, Ben Franklin Dragon Hunter (which also had my favourite art style), Fishbone, Edith and the Murderbot, Snow Jokes. 

All in all, Amazing Forest was an interesting read. However, I would have liked to read one of the stories I liked developed into a full story, rather than reading 24 stories that lacked any depth.