Technicolor Terrorists by Andre Duza

3.5/5 stars

Technicolor Terrorists was an adventure! It had just the right amount of gore to balance out the bizarro, and it was a really interesting collection of stories.

It took me more time than I’d like to admit between the first and second stories to figure out that they were slightly interconnected. Reading the excerpt, I thought it was all one story, so I was really confused at the complete change in content between the two. It all made sense once I figured the connection out, but I wish there was a bit more cohesion between all the stories. It felt a little disjointed since each story was completely different from the one prior.

The stories were absolutely wild, though! Clowns masquerading as human and ripping off human faces? Genius! The creativity it took to turn the stereotypical clown on its head and come up with this plotline! Also, super creepy….I hate clowns anyway, but now I feel like I need to be even more suspicious. That one was far and away my favourite of the lot, and it felt the most finished. The others didn’t quite feel complete, and I found myself with more questions than answers by the end.

And boy, do I have questions. Where was Rust Resurrection going? Did Louie 2D get sucked in and murdered by the haunted stripper? Were Atieno and Indo finally reunited, or was it not that easy? What happened to Toxic Brothers after everything happened?

The whole time I was reading this, I had Five Finger Death Punch’s ‘Welcome to the Circus’ in my head, and it’s been a really long time since I’ve read something that fully embodies a song, so thank you, Mr. Duza, for giving me that experience with this!