Cursed Pirate Girl Volume 1 by Jeremy A. Bastian
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
I got the first volume of Cursed Pirate Girl as a Christmas gift and I finally took the time to read it.
I snuggled up on the couch, ready to dive into this adventure story about a pirate girl and before I knew it, I had finished the book.
It was a great read that grabbed hold of me and didn’t let go even after I had finished. I want to know more. I want to read more.
Unfortunately, under our current circumstances with comic bookstores and libraries temporarily shut down, I have to ignore that itch in my fingers to get them on a copy of the second volume for the time being.
One of the promotional review snippets that was included on the back cover of the volume mentioned that this story felt like something from the 1890’s and I have to agree wholeheartedly.
It has a flavour of Treasure Island, of the good old-fashioned adventure stories, with a dash of the bizarre storytelling of Alice in Wonderland…with pirates.
It worked wonderfully. It was able to transport me into an exciting world of fantasy that breaks down the barriers between the human, animal and fairy tale worlds.
I appreciated making the protagonist a feisty pirate girl, who is afraid of no one and nothing. It gave the classic adventure story a refreshing new perspective.
The artwork was absolutely stunning. I can’t remember the last time I read a graphic novel that included so much detail in each frame.
A lot of thought, effort and love went into bringing this story to life.
The only comment I need to make is that because of the many details included in each frame and because the entire story was only drawn in black, it got a bit busy at times.
I had difficulty distinguishing all the important details that were so carefully drawn, because there wasn’t much contrast between the black and white sections.
A little colour to help with the contrast would have made reading it a bit easier on the eyes, because I was curious about all those little gems that were included in each frame and I wanted to give the artist the attention he deserved for all the work he put into this great story.
Overall, I still loved it and hopefully I can find a copy of the second volume in the near future, because I’m very curious how this story ends. I would recommend it to anyone, who loves adventure/pirate stories, fantasy and graphic novels.
