Adventuregame Comics

Adventuregame Comics by Jason Shiga is such a creative and confusing book. It is billed as “part comic, part maze, and part game,” but if you are looking for multiple-ending stories with easy-to-follow plotlines, then you’ve come to the wrong place. For instance, there is an end, where we discover it’s all lies. It makes no sense whatsoever, as sometimes you have to write numbers on pages and the page doesn’t tell you what to do next!

But it does have a story, about someone trying to defeat the Leviathan, a huge creature that defeats everyone who lies. On the way, you encounter stories about the Starlight Wand and Kanoxx the Sorcerer. But you don’t know where you’re going in the book itself, because you don’t know WHERE to go to defeat the Leviathan.

When I first read this book, I realized it was just someone talking to people and I was “lost.” If you are “lost” in a book that makes sense, that’s fine in my opinion. But I have never read a book where someone just talks to people and fights something. They’ve got to search for stuff and do stuff!

The art in this book is very effective and that was my favorite part. I like the idea behind this story but am confused about the concept.