HAPPY MONTHSARY by JAIME QUIAÑO JR
The art is actually good in this one. It grows on you the longer you keep reading. However, again, it kinda cheats the contest with its 2 page spreads which shouldn't really count as 2 pages because...I don't know. It just feels like a page to me although it still serves the story and that's good comic book storytelling there. Nitpicks: it's a good thing that the creator is aware of certain Filipino cultural phenomenons such as "jejemon" text speak and using it actually solidifies the story and puts us in the character's place or point of view and it supports the story overall but while reading, it becomes distracting and while you want to get into the story you're stumbling around trying to figure out the words which may or may not have been intended by the creator. Story in any medium needs to be easily understood and this one pulls the reader away through the jejemon text speak. It kinda works but it also kinda doesn't. Still kudos for the sci-fi twist at the end. Who would have thought it was the end of the world already?
Rating: 4/5
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