by Fábio Moon and Gabriel BáWell, it would seem that the ending of this issue clarified what was, at least to me, an ambiguous ending last month.
This time around, Moon and Bá give us a longer scene from the life of Brás de Oliva Domingos's life, from the time when he was 28. Brás has spent the last eight years with the girl from the last issue, although neither of them have been particularly happy together. As the comic opens, she leaves him, after saying some particularly withering final words. This basically ruins our boy, and he spends months under a personal cloud of depression and inability to move forward.
While Daytripper has been an intensely personal comic from the start, this issue feels more so. It doesn't come off as emo as it sounds when I read over my description here. Instead, it is a sensitive and finely rendered portrait of despair, but also of hope and optimism. Moon and Bá are doing some incredible work with this book, and I think its interesting that, while I originally bought this because I love their art, it is their writing that has captivated me.
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