Rainbows Don't Have Black

This nicely produced little comic - complete with rainbow ribbon - tells the nearly 'silent' story of an anonymous character whose solitary existence is disturbed by the sudden arrival outside of house of a mysterious construction crew. The calmly menacing atmosphere of the narrative, assisted by Malcy's effective pacing and layouts, reminded me a little of the novels of Magnus Mills and Flann O'Brien. I must admit that I didn't really 'get' the ending, but maybe I'm just approaching it the wrong way; it's just that everything that has happened prior to this has had a basis in the strange logic of the world that Malcy has created.

Malcy's visual style employs a strong confident line, and creates a very distinctive world in which the story takes place. As mentioned, his pacing and layouts effortlessly move the story along, and he makes very effective use of visual puns and tricks based on points-of-view, scale and perspective.

So, all-in-all this is an enjoyable snack of a comic, which thoroughly uses the medium and repays a couple of extra readings. Malcy has got a clearly defined vision, and I'm definitely interested in tracking down some more of his stuff.
Tom Murphy.