Malice in Ovenland is a comic book brought to us by Micheline Hess and Rosarium Publishing. The story follows Lilly Brown who is a young girl that wanted to go to soccer camp but her mother forces her to stay home and do her chores. While looking for her lost earring Lilly is taken to Oven Land.
Ovenland is a small world inside the oven with creatures called Oven Frites, who feed off discarded food and used grease as well as build their civilization around it. Their favorite being bacon grease. When Lilly arrives they capture her and throw her in the haunted dungeon because they believe she's the reason that the oven has stopped receiving grease. With the help of a ghostly chef Lilly manages to escape the dungeon.
Admittedly, Malice in Ovenland is outside of my usual comic book reading genre. Malice is like a fairy tail and obviously aimed at young readers. But that's okay because it's still good. It's the type of comic book that you give to younger siblings, nieces, cousins or whoever. The artwork takes a much less serious style that kids would really like. It's also got plenty of pictures that kids would love.
Being aimed at kids doesn't make it bad. It's actually really well structured and the art pops out of frame in some panels which gives it a fun and unique feel. The story is well structured. It's not something you would hate reading to kids because it's not repetitive. It also don't waste time attempting to rhyme everything.
Malice is great because it's obviously aimed at a younger audience but it doesn't fall into the pitfalls and traps that can become difficult to avoid in that genre. Malice is first and foremost well written, so it isn't going to have a storyline that is so simple it's going to drive adults crazy. We're not going be repeating the same actions over an over. We're not going to be yelling at Lilly like Dora, seriously Dora, the big tall tree is right in front of you, why do you keep asking.
Lilly is also a good character. She's the perfect of balance of everything. She's girly but isn't going to complain about something being hard. This is something that happens a lot in media. You either end up with Poison Ivy who somehow always ends up using men to fight her battles or gets distracted by of beauty. There's Wonder Woman who reminds us she doesn't need men, or follow beauty standards. Both of those are okay, but there's not enough Hawk Girls. Hawk Girl doesn't fit either of those molds, she likes to kick butt, and look good. Lilly is Hawk Girl, she was just trying to get her earring but if she has to fight a ghost she will. That's probably too much analysis. Just know this, Lilly borders girly girl and tomboy and it's good because she can be whatever is needed at that time.
Malice in Ovenland is obviously aimed at young readers but like I've said, that doesn't make it bad. It's well written. It's well illustrated. Lilly is a good character. The story is great. It's a gateway to comic books for younger people. At the same time it can be a nice break from something serious. Malice in Ovenland is something special. It's like a modern fairy tale.
Malice in Ovenland goes on Sale March 15
You can check out more from Rosarium Publishing at Their Website
You can also follow the creator Micheline Hess on Twitter Follow @httpstwittercomovenland
You can hear Darrell on the CP Time and Powerbomb Jutsu podcasts. He also plays classic arcade games on The Cabinet
Follow @OriginalKingD
Admittedly, Malice in Ovenland is outside of my usual comic book reading genre. Malice is like a fairy tail and obviously aimed at young readers. But that's okay because it's still good. It's the type of comic book that you give to younger siblings, nieces, cousins or whoever. The artwork takes a much less serious style that kids would really like. It's also got plenty of pictures that kids would love.
Being aimed at kids doesn't make it bad. It's actually really well structured and the art pops out of frame in some panels which gives it a fun and unique feel. The story is well structured. It's not something you would hate reading to kids because it's not repetitive. It also don't waste time attempting to rhyme everything.
Lilly is also a good character. She's the perfect of balance of everything. She's girly but isn't going to complain about something being hard. This is something that happens a lot in media. You either end up with Poison Ivy who somehow always ends up using men to fight her battles or gets distracted by of beauty. There's Wonder Woman who reminds us she doesn't need men, or follow beauty standards. Both of those are okay, but there's not enough Hawk Girls. Hawk Girl doesn't fit either of those molds, she likes to kick butt, and look good. Lilly is Hawk Girl, she was just trying to get her earring but if she has to fight a ghost she will. That's probably too much analysis. Just know this, Lilly borders girly girl and tomboy and it's good because she can be whatever is needed at that time.
Malice in Ovenland is obviously aimed at young readers but like I've said, that doesn't make it bad. It's well written. It's well illustrated. Lilly is a good character. The story is great. It's a gateway to comic books for younger people. At the same time it can be a nice break from something serious. Malice in Ovenland is something special. It's like a modern fairy tale.
Malice in Ovenland goes on Sale March 15
You can check out more from Rosarium Publishing at Their Website
You can also follow the creator Micheline Hess on Twitter Follow @httpstwittercomovenland
You can hear Darrell on the CP Time and Powerbomb Jutsu podcasts. He also plays classic arcade games on The Cabinet
Follow @OriginalKingD
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