Bera the One-Headed Troll

Bera the One-Headed Troll

By Eric Orchard

Published By First Second

Why is the art so good? Bera the One-Headed Troll stars the titular main character Bera the royal Pumpkin Grower, who finds a human baby because of reasons. The story focuses around her trying to find great troll heroes to help her deliver the infant to a human village, all the while attempting to escape the witch Cloote, who wants the Infant as well because of other reasons.

This book has one of the best art styles I have ever seen. It uses a very small color pallet, but gets a lot of detailing in, with harsh shadow and contrast, using the occasional yellow to draw your eyes around. The Characters are all unique, and have designs that reflect their personalities (They don’t have much, but they have a bit). The implied lore of the world is also vast and exiting. I would very much like more books in its universe to be written. The characters are a bit flat, but it is just so well illustrated.

TL;DR: 7/10

Should you by it: yes