The Healing gets more praise
Published by Fehed 1 year, 10 months agoFrom the blog pages of PurityBrown:
Fehed Said & Shari Chankhamma’s “The Healing” is just beautiful: evocative, moody, and with that sense of inevitability to the final plot twist that doesn’t prevent it from being surprising;
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And that was from a gal who has “two degrees in philosophy”!!
From the pages of Maehara.co.uk:
[…] another beautifully-drawn fantasy strip that takes a stab at the old premise of being careful what you wish for, in case you get it.
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Found an LJ post too which has a nice bullet-point style review:
- 48 page comic by writer/artist team, fehed and shari (heh - just had to re-write fehed instead of fred ^_~ )
- has a fantasy theme, detailed artwork, and altho its not a silent comic it doesn’t overdo the narrative ^^
- i can see a definate manga influence, but twinned with a western horror/cute influence…like the guy behind invader zim […]
- the artwork has a lot of lovely detail…but i think the tone/shading lets it down just slightly - a little more contrast might have made it easier to immediately see what’s going on, rather than poring over it for a while…
- i liked the ending - nice twist…i wanna his adventures next XD
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Couple of ups and downs with that last one, but it’s fair to have mixed opinions. We know it’s not perfect, but it’s the end result that either makes a story good, or sinks it. And this reader in the end seems to be hooked. I give that a thumbs up!
So for those of you who haven’t picked up the book yet, Go Freakin’ Buy It Online! Or next time you’re in a bookstore, hunt around for it ^^
WoW. congrats.. even after the manga has been out for what… a month? it still get awesome reviews.
About that last reveiw. “i think the tone/shading lets it down just slightly” means nothing.. My friend and i when reading the preview on sixkillerbunines notable loved the use of the tone and shading.. it is all done perfectly.
Once again. congrats on the good reveiws *claps*
keep it commin’
~Riku~
I just saw the comic on tokyopop and I think it’s great the artwork is good and the story is very original and good. It their by any chance of a continuation for the comic? or was this just a one shot?
That particular piece was a one shot, but the online versions both on TP and on here are not complete. There’s a further 6 pages that reveal the ending. To see that, you’ll need to pick up a copy of the Best New Manga anthology ^^ we’re also currently plotting out a new one shot for the second anthology coming out later this year.