ApocalypticGirl: An Aria for the End of Times Review: Amazing

The apocalypse is a subject humans have been discussing for centuries. What it will look like and how and when it will happen has been the subject of books and movies for quite a long time. Andrew MacLean takes a crack at this in “ApocalypticGirl: An Aria for the End of Times” which is one of the best post-apocalyptic stories to date.

Aria, along with her cat Jelly Beans, is looking for a long lost relic in a post-apocalyptic Earth. She does get a signal, but her tracking device gets stolen by a boy from a tribe of blue haired savages. Now she must retrieve her device and maybe even kill the boy.

People will look at this comic and go “great, yet another post-apocalyptic story” without taking a second to look at it. If you do take a look at it, you’ll see that this is a completely different perspective on the genre. This is more of a character-driven story that focuses more on a central character rather than the apocalypse itself.

In fact, what caused the apocalypse, though touched upon, isn’t all that important to the story. A lot of stories like this focus more on the apocalypse and the dangers rather than the characters. By focusing on the characters, it makes the reader more into the story and make the characters likable.

The only black spot on the story is the ending. The ending comes out of nowhere and id completely unexpected. Though not a terrible thing, the ending does leave the reader scratching his head trying to figure out why this is in the comic. Although you have to give MacLean props for this one line Aria says in the ending. It’s so perfect that it brings the story full circle.

The art is a little hard to explain. It is a style that is almost never seen before in comics. In fact, it’s a little hard to describe. What can be said is that it is one of the most original styles ever. One of the best things the art style does is it makes the apocalypse look beautiful. The way the city looks with all the plant life growing out of gives off a beautiful, albeit creepy, sense to it.

“ApocalypticGirl” takes the post-apocalypse genre and turns it on its head with great storytelling and art. The ending may not be all that great, but at the end of the day this comic is about as awesome as they come.