• Pop Culture
    • Movies
    • Television
    • Comic Books
    • Video Games
    • Toys & Collectibles
  • Features
    • News
    • Reviews
    • Articles and Opinions
    • Interviews
    • Exclusives
    • Flickering Myth Films
    • FMTV
  • About
    • About Flickering Myth
    • Write for Flickering Myth
    • Advertise on Flickering Myth
  • Socials
    • Facebook
    • YouTube
    • Bluesky
    • Instagram
    • Flipboard
    • Linktree
    • X
  • Terms
    • Terms of Use
    • Privacy Policy

Flickering Myth

Geek Culture | Movies, TV, Comic Books & Video Games

  • News
  • Reviews
  • Articles & Opinions
  • Write for Us
  • The Baby in the Basket

Comic Book Review – Angelic #1

August 9, 2017 by Jessie Robertson

Jessie Robertson reviews Angelic #1…

 Humanity’s long gone. Its memory lingers only as misunderstood rituals among mankind’s leftovers: the genetically modified animals they used and abused for eons. But for one young flying monkey, QORA, the routines are unbearable. All she wants is to explore. Instead she’s expected to settle down, to become a mother…to lose her wings.

Love her or hate her, in the wake of Hillary Clinton’s political defeat this year, the power of the woman feels more present and gathering more momentum as the year goes by. One only need to turn to Wonder Woman, or more precisely, her blockbuster movie this year, to see and feel and be tangible in your face that women rule this world and that is not changing anytime soon. But, it’s not easy for women (understatement of everything ever said, EVER!). Raising two daughters I see it every day, which isn’t the same as living the experience.

In Angelic, a world devised of monkeys and flying dolphins, in a possible post-apocalyptic world that looks built from metal erector set KNEX, these issues still prevail. A young female, coming of age, questions the system of their world. All the males, including her mate, punish her for it and wonder why she questions the system that is set in place. The one question she can’t let leave her mind is “why?” and she is punished again for saying it too many times. This is a tale that looks at gender roles in the most peculiar of societies with its own language, its own religious ceremonies (using strange lights left laying around from the biggest glow stick party in history) and its own customs, but it mirrors so many societies past and present.

This story by Simon Spurrier feels like Saga mixed with Watership Down and a bit of We3 mixed in with its abundant host of animal-like creatures, and it’s more than enough to pull someone back in for a second issue, and more than likely a third. What is this world and how did it come to be? These are the questions (as well as dynamic characters) that drew people into Saga in the first place. The art by Caspar Wijngaard feels cartoonish yet very much Image in the best way possible. I think the best thing going for this book is it opens readers to a different world – it’s the best example of a comic book that equates to art within its medium. There is still action, and conflict, and beautiful panels, but it does it in its own way. What will female readers find when they read this book? Something relatable I think, and in this year of the woman, bring it on and give me two helpings.

Rating: 8.5

Jessie Robertson

Filed Under: Comic Books, Jessie Robertson, Reviews Tagged With: Angelic, Image Comics

FMTV – Watch Our Latest Video Here

WATCH OUR MOVIE NOW FOR FREE ON PRIME VIDEO!

YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE:

10 Great Neo-Western Movies You Need To See

10 Great Forgotten Erotic Thrillers You Need To See

Francis Ford Coppola In And Out Of The Wilderness

7 Great Life Affirming Robin Williams Movies

Nowhere Left to Hide: The Rise of Tech-Savvy Killers in Horror

The Essential Cannon Films Scores

The Essential Joe Dante Movies

7 Forgotten 2000s Comedy Movies That Are Worth Revisiting

8 Great Recent Films You Really Need To See

Takashi Miike: The Modern Godfather of Horror

Top Stories:

6 Great Australian Crime Movies of the 1980s

7 Underrated World War II Romance Movies

Great Tarantino-esque Movies You Need To See

Whatever Happened to the Horror Icon?

The Rise of Paul Thomas Anderson: A Living Legend

Movie Review – Jurassic World Rebirth (2025)

Movie Review – Hot Milk (2025)

Movie Review – Heads of State (2025)

STREAM FREE ON PRIME VIDEO!

FEATURED POSTS:

What’s Next For Tom Cruise?

Brilliantly Simple But Insanely Thrilling Movies

In a Violent Nature and Other Slasher Movies That Subvert the Genre

10 Badass Action Movies You Might Have Missed

Our Partners

  • Pop Culture
    • Movies
    • Television
    • Comic Books
    • Video Games
    • Toys & Collectibles
  • Features
    • News
    • Reviews
    • Articles and Opinions
    • Interviews
    • Exclusives
    • Flickering Myth Films
    • FMTV
  • About
    • About Flickering Myth
    • Write for Flickering Myth
    • Advertise on Flickering Myth
  • Socials
    • Facebook
    • YouTube
    • Bluesky
    • Instagram
    • Flipboard
    • Linktree
    • X
  • Terms
    • Terms of Use
    • Privacy Policy

© Flickering Myth Limited. All rights reserved. The reproduction, modification, distribution, or republication of the content without permission is strictly prohibited. Movie titles, images, etc. are registered trademarks / copyright their respective rights holders. Read our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. If you can read this, you don't need glasses.


 

Flickering MythLogo Header Menu
  • News
  • Reviews
  • Articles & Opinions
  • Write for Us
  • The Baby in the Basket