(3,8 of 5 for the little apocalyptic breeding dystopia)
This book was fun, full of action, drama and thrill but it strengthened my opinion - Animosity is basically Walking dead. And the story arc about the Walled City was exactly the Walking Dead kind of stuff (and not its basic means like "it is the apocalypse, laws don't apply, people do crazy shit", but in ways, which Kirman uses in his WD worldbuilding and storytelling). But missus Bennett got one helpful thing from Kirkman - avoid explaining reasons behind how the things now are. All those tries at least for persons (and animals) never felt right, it works best just "going forward". That is fun, the dialogues are kinda good, the action is nice (but sometimes a bit chaotic) and it has a nice drive. Every look backwards is stumbling, like the 17th issue done by different artists, Ornella something.
Overall, the whole thing is still fun, thanks to this story arc even better than the previous one. Dialogues are decent, and I caught a reference to Ernesto Guevara's quote by a monkey at the end, which was funny and well placed.

Trapped within the Walled City, Jesse finds herself at the mercy of the Headmistress and her twisted vision of what a post-Wake world should look like. On the outside, Sandor struggles to cope with his past and save Jesse from her future.

Animosity is an intense book. It is not afraid of dealing with tough concepts that apply to the real world even while viewing them through the Animosity world's lens. This one is especially poignant and will leave you staring off into the distance once you've finished reading it.

Jesses evolution, Kyle's attempt at redemption, and Sandor's resignations are all major parts of these five issues, and no one ends this volume in the same place that they started. Other reviews have mentioned that this feels very Walking Dead-esque as a series, but it moves at a much faster pace while hitting all the right emotional beats along the way.

Rafael De La Torre draws most of these five issues, with some help from Ornella Saverse, who is able to chameleon herself with De La Torre so well that I can see her sticking around as a rotating artist to keep this book coming out more often.

Animosity's fourth volume shows that this series hasn't even hit its stride yet, as it continues to be exciting and thought provoking all at once.

I really like this series. The premise is that one day animals become sentient and no longer want to remain subservient to humans. The young girl Jesse and her faithful dog, Sandor, are headed to California to find her brother. Bennett captures not only the brutality of the animal world but of humanity as well. It can easily be compared with The Walking Dead to a certain extent but with the added caveat of the zombies being as smart of the humans.

In this volume, Jesse is taken to a humans only settlement that is trying to remain dominant over the animal world. There, women are treated something along the lines of The Handmaid's Tale. Meanwhile, Sandor is desperately trying to get her back.

I'm not sure if I'm missing various things that have happened in previous comics, but it seems like animals rule part of the world, humans rule the walled city and the characters of Kyle and Jessie are growing up in an odd dystopic world where people are trying to claim things back.
Unfortunately, without much back story, I couldn't really understand much of what was happening, and though it was enjoyable, I feel I'd have been far better suited to it if I understood the backstory better.
That said, I liked the style, the sketches, and the inking/dialogue. It was enjoyable.

This series is easily one of the most thrilling I've ever seen. To be honest I actually read the spoilers from a Free Comic Book Day issue. But that actually heightened my anticipation when actually reading the whole thing. Post-Apocalypses always have similar stories; humanity and civilization falls out, people are pushed to their limits, others do what they have to in order for survival or living.

Kids like Jesse often get the worst of all this. A lot of adults like Kyle want what's best but they're so broken they just want to do some kind of good to give their lives meaning. Humanity as a whole when looking at their worst reveal all of the pitfalls. The headmistress gives me similar vibes as the Governor and Pamela Milton from the Walking Dead. They shelter and give people a purpose but sugars their words to make things more appealing. In reality, they're more like dictators who manipulate others for their own self-righteous causes. As much as the Headmistress doesn't look like an animal, she treats everyone the same way.

Even the animals show the best and worst sides of humanity. Sander is content with getting Jesse to her brother but does a few horrible things, I can compare him to Rick Grimes. The enslaved animals feel genuinely human because of the abuse they suffer at the Headmistress' hands.

Overall this is a very good series and I see with all of my anticipation on when the inevitables come.

'Animosity, Vol. 4' by Marguerite Bennet with art by Rafael de Latorre is a later volume of a series I read early on. It seems that it has improved a bit since I read it.

Animals have taken over, and now they can speak. The main characters in the series are a young girl named Jesse and her faithful hound Sandor. Sandor is dying, but wants to see that Jesse is safe.

Unfortunately, Jesse has been taken to the Walled City by Kyle, where humans live in a world where they rule. Jesse finds that the Walled City wants to use her in a frightening way. Sandor is trying to find her and this leads to a showdown between animals and humans.

After reading the first volume, I didn't feel that strongly about the concept or characters. This title has matured, in my eyes. Maybe because Jesse is a little older, or the characters are a bit more sympathetic. I liked this story arc. I also appreciated the synopis at the beginning to help catch me up.

I received a review copy of this graphic novel from Aftershock Comics, Diamond Book Distributors, and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.

This graphic novel series is fantastic. I'll be looking for more to come and recommending it to our patrons as well;.