Edmund Finney's Quest to Find the meaning of life.

It's Tuesday! You know what that means! Time for my first comic review: Today: Edmund Finney's Quest to find the meaning of life!


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I've always liked this comic, it manages to have a very dark sense of humor sometimes, while remaining appropriate for anyone who'd understand the humor. The art style has always been good, and has only improved as the artist get's better and better. The world initially seems to be one like our own, but all the random, crazy towns make it seem different. It always delivers a clever punchline each issue, even while continuing a very large story. A little background on this comic, since it's the first time reviewing this one: Edmund Finney is tired of life, and so he goes on a quest to find the meaning of it. He goes through various towns, and the comics are presented by him as a visual journal of his tales. Most of the issues are black and white, but there are a few issues in color.

In today's issue, Edmund has met a character who is the foil to Cupid. He's the mascot for "It's okay to be single day" a day following Valentine's day. They talk about cavemen hunting for themselves instead of a family. The punchline for this episode is that instead of the silhouette being a wooly mammoth, like expected, it's instant noodles, beer, and other foods generally considered to be eaten by single men. I thought it was clever because not only do you not expect the woolly mammoth to be an actual mammoth, but it also shows the benefits or downsides of being single, depending on who you are.