Daryl Tay.net

It’s not often I read a graphic novel that is wildly different from the vast majority out there. Wormwood: Gentleman Corpse is one of those graphic novels partially due to the fact that Ben Templesmith’s art is so distinctive, but also because the main character is a worm that inhabits a corpse. Yes, you read that right.

Wormwood

What? That alone not enough to get you interested to check out the book? Okay fine – he also has a robot sidekick (who looks very much human) and the big bad is a monster with lots of tentacles (and a mean way of reproducing) and while normally the ending would be too much of a deus ex machina for me, it actually works well with the slightly over the top tone of a comic book that knows not to take itself too seriously.

Once again, it’s not often a graphic novel has a unique plot and intriguing cast of characters well-written enough to motivate me to write a review for it, but Wormwood: Gentleman Corpse is one of them and I highly recommend you check it out.

Woodworm Gentleman Corpse

[image credit: top photo by Ben Templesmith]