COMIC BOOK REVIEW: Burn Baby Burn
WASTED but by LIGAYA! Independent Ardie Aquino’s Burn Baby Burn is one of his “mini-comics” series that presents a kind of existential kind of emotional crisis in the most direct yet imaginatively artistically pleasing just the same. The story is a certain guy who is wallowing of loneliness and needs some essence of emotional and physical […]
WASTED but by LIGAYA!
Independent Ardie Aquino’s Burn Baby Burn is one of his “mini-comics” series that presents a kind of existential kind of emotional crisis in the most direct yet imaginatively artistically pleasing just the same. The story is a certain guy who is wallowing of loneliness and needs some essence of emotional and physical comforting (i.e. a decent and stable relationship).
This is a silent little twenty-page work but it possesses an intriguing emotional wallop or two in making the message immediately across the board. The flow is simplistic but very effective. The psychedelic forms of hallucinatory forms and substances are truly wacky, bizarre, absurd, yet unintimidating and very creative. Ardie surely loves crafting and visualizing supernatural beings. And the black comedic exit that may see as a “tragic end” is a fusion of joy but hallucinatory and sadness yet realistic which result to another Damon Lindeldorf-esque finale that readers may or otherwise scratch their heads.
The colors are understandably black-and-white, though they mix well to differentiate the main character’s emotional and psychological state and the background as well.
The storytelling is an emotional ride and the equation is somewhat disturbingly hilarious but mixed. Burn Baby Burn is an artistic exercise of artistic and emotional imaginations.
