Wonderlost #1
January 29, 2007 | Comics
Wonderlost #1
C.B. Cebulski, Paul Azaceta, Juan Castro, Jonathan Luna, Martin Montiel, Khoi Pham, Alina Urusov, Ethan Young
Image Comics
$6.95/$5.99 US
**** 1/2 (out of five)
C.B. Cebulski is a brave, brave man.
Not only is he willing to lay bare some rather revealing stories of his teen years — he’s gone the extra mile and had them illustrated.
This longtime Marvel Comics editor, now focusing more on his writing career with ongoing series like Drain for Image Comics — with the help of artists Paul Azaceta, Juan Castro, Jonathan Luna, Martin Montiel, Khoi Pham, Alina Urusov and Ethan Young — shares six tales of his youth, all focusing on friendship, lust and love.
Delving way beyond the stereotypical “she broke my heart” stuff, Cebulski doesn’t shy away from the painful or embarrassing. He admits to cheating, gross insensitivity and a very humiliating interlude inadvertently involving a female sanitary product.
He still comes out smelling like a rose, though, as he does his best to do the right thing — even when that means not getting laid.
These kinds of explorations of the meaning of those flawed fumblings of youth can often be ham-fisted, but Wonderlost of graceful and at times touching and Cebulski should be lauded for this emotional issue.
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