Lydia Turner, Broken Frontier:
“Thematically, all the stories are interlinked, with their focus on the uncanniness of nature as well as queer relationships, and it definitely felt like they could all be taking place in the same world. Franklin’s use of lighter tones at the center of the pages, often illuminated by a fire, and blackness emerging from the periphery forces readers’ eyes to the action, rather than the menacing lurking forces of nature. Much like her protagonists, everything in us says to ignore the encroaching horror and look the other way. Stylistically, the comics either havd very subtle or very obvious differences. Franklin’s style has become more refined and smoother since her first comic, reanimation horror No Bones Nancy, originally drawn for an Inktober challenge. Whilst Remnants and Fruiting Bodies are drawn in what has become their staple black and white curvy cartoons, #PlantMom was more experimental, and is told entirely through colourful stylised Instagram posts, YouTube videos and Facebook posts.”
Read the full review on Broken Frontier’s website here!
