No, far from it, as each antagonist is rendered in realistic feel, and yet still have this sense of individualism about them.
#Animosity comic wiki series
There aren’t that many humans who would have uttered that before all else.ĭe Latorre sets up the series alongside colorist Rob Schwager, giving us a beautiful range of emotion from animals without resorting to cartoonishness. Amid a flock of ruthless anger, infestations of murderous rage, and an inexplicable appearance of a bloodthirsty tiger in the middle of Manhattan, there is this one animal who, for his very first words, says, “I love you.” The genius to Animosity too is that Bennett balances that sheer terror with the absolute heartstring tugging wonderment of Sandor’s (the hound dog) love for Jesse (a girl). How many animals - microscopic to gargantuan - are you surrounded by right this second? This spontaneous intelligence, and the anger that comes almost instantly with it, is multi-dimensional, pervasive, and focused in only one direction: outward. An act of God - miracle or curse - that’s like the dirty bomb to We3’s automatic weapon. There’s no secret lab experimenting on our pets, transforming them into a force to make the Russians or terrorist threats knock knees.
But what Bennett and de Latorre are doing with Animosity is far more insidious actually. I suppose I could have seen it coming with the advent of We3 by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely, who took The Incredible Journey and blended it in a mixer with The Terminator (to my ever-lasting glee). But there is something deeply disturbing about the concept behind Animosity that strikes at the heart of our love of animals - particularly those we keep as pets - and our feeling of security as we walk in the world. Thanks, Marguerite, for destroying my childhood dreams. Who wouldn’t want a dog after watching one walk thousands of miles just to get home to be by your side? The Incredible Journey, Lassie, even Old Yeller - they all featured these incredibly loyal versions of man’s best friends. When I was a little kid, my grandparents - in an attempt to give us something wholesome to watch, I imagine - would put on all of these movies about extraordinary pets. What if, all of a sudden, every animal - everywhere - could suddenly think and speak just like a human? We treat animals so well, there couldn’t possibly be any problem with that, right? I mean, why would they hold a grudge against us for … eating them, wearing them, caging them, or killing them for sport? Sure. Art by Rafael de Latorre and Rob Schwager
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