Story: B
Characters: B
Characters: B
Comedy: B-
Visuals: B
Status: Ongoing
Pages: 260
Videos: 3
Sins: 4
Cosmic Fish by Eliana Falcón (AKA Cosmographia) is a sort of nonlinear fantastical mystery functioning as a mythical metaphor for choice, with time and perspective jumping around between chapters. These perspective jumps add context to the main story, while the main story itself goes through small, unknown (and unimportant?) time jumps. Because of this, the comic takes on a sort of episodic format, with certain chapters almost being stand alone if it weren't for the characterization and small amounts of mystery related info they give. Overall This does a fairly good job of enticing the reader with a decent mystery while also appropriately characterizing the main actors so that we either empathize with them, or wonder about their motives. Really, my biggest gripe about Cosmic Fish is just that there just isn't enough of it yet!
If the intro and rankings have persuaded you, then please go read Cosmic Fish immediately (and then come back). If it has not persuaded you, or you simply wish to see my analysis, then read on:
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Characters:



Beyond those three there are several other support characters who are well done, but each of them are limited to one or a few chapters, such as that tiny, green, adorable person in the second image.
The Story:
Remember when I said Cosmic Fish was a mystery? Well it's a bit more nuanced than that. Schnell clearly has a number of questions he has been working to find answers to, and Acantha has questions regarding a strange bunny that seems to travel through dimensions (that's really all we know about it), but besides those two the conundrum of the ghosts existence is mostly treated as a problem to be solved, rather than a mystery to be unraveled. Most of the mystery aspects of the comic come from the how information is only slowly fed to the reader. A good comparison would probably be those documentaries about mechanical failures. Have you seen those? Where most of the people depicted have questions, but the true mystery is only apparent from the outside, and only because the narrator gives you information in a specific order? This comic is kinda like those.
So what is the mystery exactly? well, as far as I can tell, Schnell came into the world somehow in some way which relates him to Bells, giving him some of Bells powers, and when he first showed up there was a strange woman who cared for him. Other ghosts show up for some reason, except they aren't related to Bells, and Schnell is somehow keeping them in the world in order to motivate Bells to solve some sort of mystery. Also there is a bunny that can teleport and possibly travel between dimensions, and who gave Bells a shock collar for Acantha after he broke the guardians no killing rule.
There are also these things called Cucos which eat ghosts who haven't formed a body, and they tried to eat Acantha when she first showed up. Bells at first tried to help, either before or after the Cucos showed up, but Schnell interfered somehow, and so Bells chose not to help Acantha, causing her to later fall into a river and form a body, which coincidentally has spikes on the back. Also, guardians can be killed and then they come back with no explicit memories, just ideas of the lessons they learned?
Like I said earlier, there aren't enough chapters yet. In truth, it feels like the comic is only now really getting into the meat of the story, since Bells decided to change the status quo by befriending Acantha in one of the most recent chapters.
Visuals:
For the most part, Cosmic Fish's visuals are simply compitent. They are well executed, have clear panel structure, switch between high and low fidelity as is appropriate, and overall are simply well done. There are a few points of interest however...
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Taking a look at this image, I would like to draw attention to the texture work. I don't know enough about art to be certain, but I think that Eliana is using a digital paintbrush here that creates a very well executed and unique aesthetic that I really appreciate.
The other thing of note is the two videos, the transition video, and the few animations that are used throughout the comic, all of which are executed very well, and most of which are used exactly as they should be. My one and only gripe is that the two pages after the fight scene video should have been included in the animation, as that would have allowed the video to function as the climax of the action scene, rather than merely the middle of it. (that being said, there is also the advantage of a higher fidelity splash page at the end of the combat, and if a sufficiently impactful animated ending was not possible then this was the best choice.)
Overall, Cosmic Fish is a very interesting comic with a mystery and character relationships that I am excited to see play out, and it has earned a place on the List of Awesome. I am Vindcara, and you can reach me at my desk.