Garbage Night (Vacancy #2) by: Jen Lee

Synopsis:

In a barren and ransacked backyard, a dog named Simon lives with his two best friends: a raccoon and a deer. The unlikely gang spends their days looting the desolate supermarket and waiting for the return of the hallowed ‘garbage night’ – but week after week, the bins remain empty. While scavenging one day, the trio meet Barnaby – another abandoned dog who tells them about the ‘other town’ where humans are still rumored to live. Spurred on by hunger and the promise of food, the trio joins up with Barnaby and set off into the unknown…

With echoes of post-war, derelict places, Garbage Night explores how animals may internalize their changing environment and express their thoughts, fears and hopes.

Publishing Co.: Nobrow Press
Release Date: June 13, 2017
Rating: ★★

Review:

     I received this book from Edelweiss and Nobrow Press in exchange for my review. Honestly, I didn't enjoy the story line for this one as much as did for Vacancy but I did like the graphics better in Garbage Night versus the graphics in Vacancy. I felt as if the story line need to go through more development, action wise, in order to really capture me. I also wish that I knew a little more about the character's previous lives since we are on book #2 and we still don't know them from a bag of rocks, just that Simon was abandoned and this is as far as background information goes with these characters.

     The art was really cutesy and had kind of a laid back effect on me. If only the story line would have been more interesting and worth my wild this would have definitely gotten a higher rating from me. Because I feel like the story line is not up to par I do not recommend this graphic novel only for the graphics.