The Wet Moon series is character based and the story side of things is definitely a slow burner and progresses slowly through out volumes. After reading finishing volume 4 it's definitely progressing to be a bit of a thriller/mystery.
There are diary, blog and journal entries from various characters which I thought was quite unique. The series is also littered with Easter Eggs relating to Campbell's life and likes, such as Godzilla and the X-Men. It was fun keeping an eye out for them.
Wet Moon is a small town in America and focuses on a group of 17-20 something characters who are connected by friendships or friends of a friend.
It's refreshing as it explores how delicate frienships can be and easily rocked by outsiders. It also explores sexuality, jealously, acceptance and longing to be comfortable in your own skin. I find myself relating to parts of each characters personality and flaws.
The illustrations are black, grey and white which I think works great for the story on a whole. It emphasises the gloom of the town Wet Moon and the angst of the characters.
I love that Campbell draws women in all shapes and sizes - real women. Each female character is not a facsimile of each other body shape with with a different hair styles that you tend to find in some comci/graphic novels. I am fascinated by the attention to detail when it comes to characters hair.
She focuses heavily on very detailed facial expressions to convey emotions of her characters which I love.
I can't wait till volume 5 to come out. I will probably re-real the series in a few days so I can have it in my life again.
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