![]() ![]() ![]() Even shrimp consume stuff like plankton which, after the Wake, may have genuine sapience and consciousness. At no point does this feel tongue in cheek and that’s what allows the serious inter-character drama to take hold despite the fact that nearly everyone is a talking animal.Ĭonsider: the opening page of this issue is of two shrimp discussing the nature of life and sustenance. It is a story that, on face value, could easily be laughed away (simply describing it makes it sound like Homeward Bound crossed with The Last Of Us), but shines because of the earnestness of Bennett’s script. Meanwhile, Sandor has a crisis of faith as the difference between Jesse and himself is put in stark relief, despite his paternal instincts for her. It’s a divide that leaves Jesse seeking emotional support and allows Bennett to develop the side characters of the American Bison whose name surely begins with a B and a gender neutral Pallas cat who trained themselves to be a doctor. This creates an immediate divide between the two which creates the emotional crux of the issue. So far, the focus has been on Sandor and his quest to bring Jesse to San Francisco, but this issue throws a wrench in the works as Jesse gets her first period. Bennett uses this as a backdrop to explore the characters and question the nature of, well, life itself and it’s here that the book really shines. There’s a very post-apocalyptic feeling to the journey as they loot burned out gas stations and camp in the words. Jesse and Sandor and their companions travel through a desolate landscape of America, on the look out for hunters and scavengers. This fifth issue picks in a world where that question has dissolved the very notions of civilisation as we know it. As we saw the world ripped apart across political lines that saw animals attempt to gain equal rights with humans and try to manage the influx of population while many reacted out of fear and anger, Bennett and de Latorre zeroed in on the journey of the human girl Jesse and the bloodhound Sandor. It was a powerhouse of speculative fiction, taking one small question (What if animals had the same level of sapience as humans?) and using it to turn our world completely on its head and examining the consequences. In its first couple of issues, it was hard to get a read on just what direction Marguerite Bennett and Rafael de Latorre were heading with “Animosity”. Who will live, and who will die to save the pack?Īnother action-packed issue brought to you by MARGUERITE BENNETT (DC Comics’ Bombshells & Marvel’s A-Force) with beautiful art by SuperZero’s RAFAEL DE LATORRE! Read on below for our full review of “Animosity” #5 to find out why this is one comic you can’t afford to miss.Ī safe haven looms on the horizon, but the walled city will not take all of Jesse and Sandor’s companions. That’s the backdrop for “Animosity” from Marguerite Bennett and Rafael de Latorre as they chart the journey of a girl and her dog through the American wasteland. The world was rocked on its axis and every notion humans ever had about civilisation, about philosophy, about the nature of the mind has been thrown out of the window. The world changed when the animals woke up. ![]()
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