Name: Koko Be Good
ISBN: 9781596435551

Jen Wang

Koko, a troublemaker who has promised herself to clean up her act, crosses paths with Jon, a promising musician going to Peru to support his girlfriend's humanitarian mission--a meeting that will change the direction of both their lives. Original.

Koko Be Good

Sarah Sammis

Though the setting is San Francisco the art style (especially character design) and fast paced scenes remind me of the Giant Days comic (John Allison, et al). Koko reminds me of Esther and Jon reminds me of Ed Gemmel — for body language and general philosophy on life.

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Ken Yuen

Hmmm, how do I put this? I really enjoyed this from a character and slice of life point of view.

The overall narrative and any meaning that the author meant to convey is a little harder to wrap my head around. I think in a talk, Jen Wang said this was one of her first attempts to telling a narrative, so I don't want to be too harsh. I'd like to see how she would have written this story after her experience working on IRL and The Prince and the Dressmaker.

It's a fun read. Koko, Jon, and Faron are interesting characters, but I wish there were more connective tissue between the different stories.

The art is great and expressive as always.

Koko Be Good

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