After escaping the monster’s attack, Alex ensures librarian Lo is safe, before heading back to the Library to hunt for clues. Yet danger lurks somewhere along the trail of breadcrumbs he follows, and it seems that shape shifter Alex’s abilities haven’t gone unnoticed…

Once more, the use of angular figures and blocks of shadow give Otherkin the feel of an Hellboy homage, visually at least; that extends to the magical realism and supernatural beings making their presence known too.

However, story-wise it’s very much its own thing; the central mystery of just who Alex is and how, or why, he has his shape shifting powers continues, amid the puzzle of why he’s being pursued. And by whom?

There’s an extended, dialogue-free sequence here which speaks volumes using no text at all, which I found incredibly impressive. It demands a great deal of attention and focus from the reader, making this issue of Otherkin feel incredibly immersive in the process, drawing you into the action and mysteries even further.

The first issue was told in a very decompressed style, with subtle, visual clues, but it feels like that approach really hits its stride here, and will the reader hopefully having become accustomed to this approach from the first issue, it’s even more effective in issue 2.

That the final sequence is so brilliantly twisty is the icing on the cake here, and it definitely means that, if Otherkin has grabbed your attention already, you won’t be able to resist coming back for the third issue.

Currently on a bi-monthly publishing schedule, with issue 3 recently released, you can get yourself physical copies of Otherkin from DerryComics. You can read Otherkin digitally, as I did, via GlobalComix.

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