Wonton Soup Collection

'Wonton Soup Collection' is a wacky, strange galactic adventure, and I have to confess I kind of liked how over the top it was. It reminded me of SF things I like such as the tv show Red Dwarf and the movie Dark Star.

Johnny Boyo and Deacon are space-faring dudes with their own ship. What they are doing with a ship is never made clear, but just go with it. The first episode has Johnny in search of a great bowl of won ton soup on a space station, and prime, exotic ingredients for something he is cooking up. Exotic being the key word here as the ingredients are an alien species that actually likes to be consumed, but only if prepared properly. We move from there to an extreme cooking competition at Johnny's old school ala Iron Chef, but much stranger. Also strange are the drugs that Johnny and Deacon take in a further adventure. An adventure that leaves their ship stranded and needing a fuel cell, but not to worry, the boys are up for the adventure.

It's all so crazy and good natured that I couldn't help but like it. Art and story by James Stokes feels like the best underground comics. I confess that I liked the first half better than the second half. The story of Deacon's origins might have been a bit over the top for me, but I still liked it overall.

I was given a review copy of this graphic novel by Diamond Book Distributors and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.