Grommets #2

The book lures you in with its playfulness, bright colors, and sick jokes before hooking you with an increasingly potent story of true growing pains. Read Full Review

Grommets #2 is funny, scary, and even triumphant once Rick gets more confident at skating and continues to nail how epic every day as a kid used to feel. Read Full Review

So even as Grommets #2 lays the groundwork for character developments and confrontations yet to come, it's already apparent that this sort-of-memory is an honest interpretation of the good, the bad, and the inextricable overlaps between the two from this specific space. Read Full Review

All this comes together for a comic that is unlike anything else being put out monthly by the major publishers. It is a book about people coming from a personal place that is full of humor, good times, and the occasional danger that occurs when chasing both. Only two issues in and this is quickly becoming one of my favorite books on the shelves. Read Full Review

Grommets #2 continues the suburban adventures of Rick and Brian in some fun ways while managing to add new wrinkles to the mix. Some things don't work as well as they should though and the constant reminders about what time period we're in gets obstructive. Read Full Review

DDJamesB

Jun 30, 2024

I didn't like it as much as issue 1. It's still a good read. It still has some heart. Just didn't get the same feel from this one.