Goblin Girl is Moa Romanova’s debut memoir comic about a time in her young life when she found herself involved with a famous TV person, several decades older than her, via Tinder, and struggling with her mental health (depression, anxiety).
Like Buff Soul, her more recent book, Goblin Girl is an effortless read that draws you in easily - unlike Buff Soul though, the story wasn’t as compelling. Moa looks after a friend’s cat for a minute (who destroys her place) and has a manga dream sequence, but there isn’t much beyond the text convos with the famous TV person and Moa suffering from anxiety attacks. I was never too bored with the book but I did want more to be happening.
I wondered if her art style in Buff Soul was a one-off or her permanent style and it seems to be the latter. That is, her figures all have massive bodies and small heads (kind of like South African cartoonist Joe Daly’s), which is cool and I enjoyed her skilful and expressive artwork.
Goblin Girl is a decent first book about a young woman trying to find her footing early in life and shows Romanova’s strong understanding of sequential storytelling. It’s not the most consistently exciting read though and, if you’ve not read it, I’d recommend her more entertaining book, Buff Soul, over this to start with.
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