Love Me: A Romance Story features the empathetically haphazard art by a familiar face with a writer’s look at star-crossed love.
Love Me: A Romance Story – On The Tin (Man)
This is one of those stories you see very often. Francesca Perillo retrofits a story about the difficulties of a relationship. So seeing this relationship from the eyes of a cat is a must. We readers would probably be indifferent to seeing a robot falling in love with a human. Having an outsider’s perspective gives us enough distance to look at the absurdity, but empathetic enough to care about it. How would you feel if someone who takes care of you gets sad?
Messy, Yet Loving
At the same time, seeing JoJo falling head over heels for Gilda has a lively presentation. Everything from how their conversation feels balanced to the background shifting to a red color to evoke heartbeats. For a robot who can’t physically emote, this gives readers the most intimate connection to JoJo.
Do Want (To) Love Me: A Romance Story
Cardoselli makes a simple story the most eye-catching experience. The way JoJo acts in juxtaposition with the NYC is an entertaining paradox. He’s so pure that it genuinely hurts when his infatuation with Gilda starts to sour. Seeing this all from the perspective of a cat also remove any of the more serious social commentary about automation. Because that’s just a background to a robot feeling more human than the people who walk the streets. So with that this first issue gets 7.8/10.
But the ink’s not dry yet! Thanks for coming and as always, remember to look between the panels.