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Issue 5 of ‘Groupies’ marks the end of the comic book series by Helen Mullane and Tula Lotay, where the creators get meta and break the fourth wall to tell us how the ending twist is “kind of anticlimactic, right?” Heck yes. It’s the creators’ way of saying: we weren’t sure how to end this demonic tale of sex, music, and drugs without it being predictable, so we just threw in a randomly convenient twist to deliver a surprising-as-hell climax, so what if it’s anticlimactic AF?!
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I cannot begin to describe my disappointment with this issue of ‘Groupies’, because I am exhausted, brain-fried, and the last thing the comic-book reader part of me needed was this half-baked finale. Seriously, this series had been pretty intriguing, with beautiful, dreamy artwork by Tula Lotay, which by the way, didn’t even stand out as much in this chapter.
Chapter 5 focuses on a groupie called Myuuzu, another gorgeous young woman who begins to seriously worry about the deaths and disappearances of her friends. She gets the boys of ‘The Moon Show‘ to confront the reality: their meteoric rise in popularity might have something to do with devil worship and human sacrifices.
As always, I want to keep the review free from major spoilers, so I won’t reveal what really happens in the climax, except to say that it was super underwhelming. Give this comic series a chance only if you’re a fan of Tula Lotay’s artwork.
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