Synopses & Reviews
Since the dawn of history, we have sought to understand our existence through creationist fables of omnipotent deities and mythical creatures. Jesse Moynihan takes these fifty thousand years of socio-religious postulation and throws them in the blender to create one epicand#8212;and irreverentand#8212;battle royal between alien gods, ancient Greek titans, interplanetary assassin droids, and humanity itself. An eon-spanning comedy, Forming details the spawning of worlds and the trajectory of consciousness on Earth. The first in a trilogy of books, Nobrow collects the first volume of Moynihan's acclaimed webcomic in a specially designed graphic novel with a foil debossed cloth spine.
Review
"Moynihan walks a fine line between "weird" and "incomprehensible" and between "clever" and "dumb," and manages to stay on the right side of it through almost every one of these bizarre, demented panels. I can't say that I've ever read anything quite like this (though it did call to mind the weirder bits of The Incal). I'm glad I did." and#150;
Cory Doctorow, Boingboing.net"To understand Forming (assuming "understand" is the correct verb here), picture some lost Gnostic text translated by Jay (of Jay and Silent Bob) at his cussin-est, under commission by a delusional would-be cult-founder who cut his teeth on the work of Fletcher Hanks and who really liked drawings of weiners and boobies."and#150;Cory Doctorow, Boingboing.net
"Forming is published by London's NOBROW, whose books are fantastically well-made, beautifully cloth-bound and printed on high-quality, sustainably produced paper (they also publish the much-more-kid-friendly Hilda comics). It's a quality product."and#150;Cory Doctorow, Boingboing.net
"Forming is a success on so many different levels. First of all, itand#8217;s simply a beautiful art object filled with page after page of brightly colored and bizarre images."and#150;Rob Clough, The Comics Journal
"At times funny, violent, thought-provoking, juvenile (in a good way), and genius [and#133;] Moynihan has a firm and defined aesthetic that is singular and fantastic.and#8221; - Nothing But Comics
"the plot is genuinely complex and even byzantine at times, with multiple betrayals, long cons, and elaborate plans all right below the surface."and#150;Rob Clough, The Comics Journal
"Because itand#8217;s well-executed, thereand#8217;s essentially a laugh on every single page. Itand#8217;s certainly the most hilarious cosmogony Iand#8217;ve ever read."and#150;Rob Clough, The Comics Journal
"Forming, a super strange graphic novel published by the super strange English publishing house NOBROW and written by possible genius Jesse Moynihan."and#150;Scott Beauchamp Full Stop blog
"Itand#8217;s totally stupid, totally goony, and has opened me up to the possibility of becoming interested in graphic novels and comics again."and#150;Scott Beauchamp Full Stop blog
Review
These books are a big crazy Jodorowsky-style reinterpretation of Bible tales and mythology mixed in with lots of funny swearing and pretty colors. Jesse Moynihan is well known for making the more cerebral and weird Adventure Time stories. If you saw that and thought "I need more" then here is that "more" you wanted.
and#151;Vice
Moynihan walks a fine line between "weird" and "incomprehensible" and between "clever" and "dumb," and manages to stay on the right side of it through almost every one of these bizarre, demented panels. I can't say that I've ever read anything quite like this (though it did call to mind the weirder bits of The Incal). I'm glad I did.
and#151;Boing Boing
Forming is a success on so many different levels. First of all, itand#8217;s simply a beautiful art object filled with page after page of brightly colored and bizarre images. The plot is genuinely complex and even byzantine at times, with multiple betrayals, long cons, and elaborate plans all right below the surface. Because itand#8217;s well-executed, thereand#8217;s essentially a laugh on every single page. Itand#8217;s certainly the most hilarious cosmogony Iand#8217;ve ever read.
and#151;The Comics Journal
At times funny, violent, thought-provoking, juvenile (in a good way), and genius [and#133;] Moynihan has a firm and defined aesthetic that is singular and fantastic.
and#151;Nothing But Comics
Forming, a super strange graphic novel published by the super strange English publishing house NOBROW and written by possible genius Jesse Moynihan.
and#151;Full Stop
Synopsis
Forming is a super-mystical epic in which Jesse Moynihan details the spawning of worlds, and the trajectory of consciousness on Earth. Volume 1 follows the trials and tribulations of primeval gods and demi-gods as they vie for control of primitive Earth's resources.
Synopsis
An eon-spanning comedy, Forming details the spawning of worlds, and the trajectory of consciousness on Earth.
About the Author
Jesse Moynihan lives in LA and works as a storyboard artist on the successful cult Cartoon Network show 'Adventure Time'.