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This comic was a recommendation - I don't think I would have picked this up myself. But after it was over, I found myself kinda wishing for more. Despite the artstyle's crudity, the author does a great job of making the most of what he has, combining stock photos and grayscale settings with vibrant colors designed to draw the reader's attention to a specific spot on the panel.

Some folk will no doubt find the philosophy and the stream-of-consciousness style storytelling to be aggravating, but I actually quite enjoyed it, for two reasons.

First, the presentation - the artstyle works in conjunction with the girl's inner monologue to make all the text INFINITELY more interesting to read, because it shows you the emotions behind her words rather than just having her preach to the audience.

Second, the author actually has something to say. I think too many authors these days feel like they HAVE to say something even when they're completely clueless, and it always feels condescending and aggrandizing. Even in older webcomics like 1/0 this sort of thing pops up, where the author just preaches to the audience on and on to the point where you'd rather claw your own eyes out than read any further. But Sunmoth's author clearly thought pretty deeply about what he was going to say before he said it, and he didn't say it out of unspoken obligation - he said it because he WANTED to say it. That's what makes it worth reading.

This is a very short comic, only about 30 pages, so there's not really any sort of sprawling story, but there's still a surprising amount of depth packed into the story that does exist. If you like avant-garde stuff, this comic is for you.

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