A review by bladelikesbooks
U4: Kordwen by Renders Pierre-Paul, Lapière Denis

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

A dystopian comic series about a virus epidemic. This is a five-part comic series; the first 4 comics are parallel stories that can be read in any order. This is the second I’ve read of the series. 

I thoroughly enjoyed this one! I first saw Koridwen in the Jules comic and didn’t expect her comic to be so creative. This addition to the series introduces magic, witchcraft and time-travel which brings the series up to a whole new level. 

This also has diverse characters including a disabled character (Max has a mental age regression, unspecified which), and
BPOC characters (Ibra, Youss, Kadi). I’m really enjoying this series and I can’t wait to read the next instalment. I recommend these comics to anyone who enjoys dystopian media. I’ll be buying physical copies as soon as they’re published in English in paperback. 

Virus epidemic; Pharmaceutical Drugs; Death; Suicidal ideation; Poison; Christianity (Catholicism); Blood; Violence; Alcoholism; Fire; Animal birth (on page, graphic); “Special Needs” Institute; Witchcraft; Medical content; Guns; Nudity; Corpse; Gore; Attempted child sacrifice; Gang violence