After being rejected by beautiful Goth princess Esther, Ed Gemmell’s been mending his broke heart (and ankles) with Amazonian Aussie babe Extreme Sports Nina – and the two have fallen in love! So, irony of ironies, when Ess sees Ed and Neen together for the first time, she realises she’s in love with Ed too! Two drop-dead gorges chasing after you? Ed, mate: hi-fucking-five! And TEACH ME!
To cobble together the pennies for a plane ticket to visit Neen’s parents in Oz over the holidays (see the spin-off Chrimbo special for how that went), Ed goes to work at a pop-up Christmas Market - that’s definitely not a cult - with Daisy. And as Valenbrimes Day approaches, McGraw plays an unlikely cupid to Ess and a new beau while Daisy falls for a new car-crash student, Coralie.
Artist Max Sarin is back and so is Giant Days’ untouchable quality – Volume 11 is flawless. It’s corny but I love the will-they, won’t-they Ess/Ed thing. And I really like Neen too and I want her and Ed to be happy! So clearly an Ed Gemmell clone storyline, complete with jean jackets, must now happen to satisfy all. Daisy and Ed getting brainwashed by charismatic manipulator Cliff was so funny and the smash cuts from Ed storming into Cliff’s office to getting totally bamboozled made me laugh out loud twice.
They don’t really have a big part to play in this book but Susan and McGraw have become the warm gooey centre of Giant Days. Susan feeding McGraw lasagne on the floor and McGraw’s words to Susan on Valembrines Day were beyond adorbs. I love those guys so much! And I was happy to see Ess get some herself after doing the decent thing for Ed and Neen – her whirlwind romance looks like it’s going to be a fun future storyline.
11 volumes in and this series isn’t letting up on the goods – if anything, it’s getting better! Giant Days: if I could replace my blood with it, I would.
To cobble together the pennies for a plane ticket to visit Neen’s parents in Oz over the holidays (see the spin-off Chrimbo special for how that went), Ed goes to work at a pop-up Christmas Market - that’s definitely not a cult - with Daisy. And as Valenbrimes Day approaches, McGraw plays an unlikely cupid to Ess and a new beau while Daisy falls for a new car-crash student, Coralie.
Artist Max Sarin is back and so is Giant Days’ untouchable quality – Volume 11 is flawless. It’s corny but I love the will-they, won’t-they Ess/Ed thing. And I really like Neen too and I want her and Ed to be happy! So clearly an Ed Gemmell clone storyline, complete with jean jackets, must now happen to satisfy all. Daisy and Ed getting brainwashed by charismatic manipulator Cliff was so funny and the smash cuts from Ed storming into Cliff’s office to getting totally bamboozled made me laugh out loud twice.
They don’t really have a big part to play in this book but Susan and McGraw have become the warm gooey centre of Giant Days. Susan feeding McGraw lasagne on the floor and McGraw’s words to Susan on Valembrines Day were beyond adorbs. I love those guys so much! And I was happy to see Ess get some herself after doing the decent thing for Ed and Neen – her whirlwind romance looks like it’s going to be a fun future storyline.
11 volumes in and this series isn’t letting up on the goods – if anything, it’s getting better! Giant Days: if I could replace my blood with it, I would.
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