I was not sure about this tittle. It was recommended to me and I thought, "Well. Why not. It's something different!" And I must say it's just a fun romp. Very Scooby-Doo. A great quick summer read. The color palate is amazing!

This was a fun summer read that I think absolutely stuck the landing on it's story! The illustrations were just fabulous too!

Toxic Summer is a fun and adventurous comic that feels nostalgic in many ways. The comic follows two friends, Ben & Leo, who are looking for a fun beach summer with beach babes but when they get there all they are faced with is a toxic disaster with people appearing with green eyes and toxic sea creatures.

The comic is goofy but also comments on environmental disasters.

Beautiful, but a bit boring. I kept wanting more. More spice, more story, more! It wasn't horrible, I just never felt captivated or excited about anything.

I really liked everything about Toxic Summer, and I think you should check it out when you get the chance.

Two best friends travel to the fun beach town of Port Dorian for a summer of nothing but fun (and orgies?), but things are bad when they arrive. A mysterious toxic spill has destroyed the water and beach, leaving them searching for answers.

Thank you Netgalley and Oni Press for sending this book for review consideration. All opinions are my own.

I loved this art.

Derek Charm’s art in this book was crazy bonkers. The design of the monsters in particular was fantastic, but I also dug how all of the human characters looked, especially the grandma. That was a fun design.

However, the art wouldn’t pop like it does without the way this book is colored. The heavy reliance on the green was a spectacular choice, and I can’t speak highly enough of it. It really gave the whole book a “toxic” vibe.

Have more crazy things set in this universe, and I’d read it.

The universe established in this book is pretty cool, and I would totally be in favor of more stories set in this world. There can be so many monsters out and about in this world that can be adapted and created to add a fun horror-humor vibe to everything.

I love a weird comic.

Thank you to Oni Press and NetGalley for the arc!

I requested this because I was in a massive reading slump and needed something quick, easy, and fun to pick me back up. Toxic Summer was the perfect remedy for this. It lives up to the description of slimy, spooky, and madcap! I loved the art style, it's so satisfying and smooth and beautiful. The colours are electric and pleased my tiny baby brain immensely. I didn't realise the LGBTQ+ themes when I picked it up and it was a happy surprise. It was a funny, easy, light read, and I'd pick it up again if I were ever in a slump. I'd happily pick up more of Derek Charm's work in future.

It isn't a perfect 5/5 because the story beats weren't adventurous, the plot itself didn't do anything new or interesting. It's a story you can really switch your brain off to, which has its merits, but overall could have offered more depth.

4.25/5

I loved this one. It was fun and quick, and the art was visually engaging and the colors were stimulating. Perfect for fans of gravity falls and scooby doo.

First off, the neon colors and art style absolutely popped off the page and I loved it! Summer beach plans go awry when two young boys visit the town for the summer, hoping to find some cute boys, but find the beach closed due to a toxic spill and, unfortunately, monsters.
Faced paced, Scooby-Doo-esque, and comedic!

Thanks to NetGalley for providing a review copy of this book in exchange for a fair review.

Toxic Summer is a fun and frothy comic, riffing on Scooby Doo monster vibes with a dash of amorous teenagers. Charm's art perfectly matches the vibe his writing evokes and the colouring in particular has a saturated eighties feel that pulls together the whole experience.

Not the most compelling read but a good time nonetheless.

*3.5 stars
A fun and romp through a Scooby-Doo like mystery following two gay teens who have just graduated high school who go to a beach town as lifeguards to scope out the "hunks." Feels very nostalgic and is a very quick and tidy sci-fi mystery. I think following these characters through more of these short bursts of hijinks could be a fun little series.

I love the Beach Party movies of the sixties and the Mystery Science Theatre 3000, so this comic collection was perfect for me! It's also hilarious and the art is great

An absolute delight. Queering of 50s surf culture and an impressive visual romp. And a weirdly touching story underneath the well-constructed chaos.

Toxic Summer was a charming summer vacation about two gay teens.

This was super cute and reminded me of a lot of early aughts TV shows and movies. This could have been about Johnny Test and Scooby Doo and no one would have known the difference. This is a quick monster mania read to get you out of a slump.

netgalley ARC - 3.75 rounded up.
This was a quick goofy read with some cool comic styling and strong (if simple) characters. The plot was .. very convenient but it was still intriguing.

This is a wild and crazy romp of 100% fun living adolescents vibes. This was my dream life fantasies as a kid growing up in the 80s . I ran out and bought physical copies of this comic immediately after reading . I will read and reread this fantastic adventure for years to come.

This had a very “if Archie and Jughead were gay and looking for a summer beach fun” vibe. It was quick and fun with an almost Scooby-esque mystery. The bright psychedelic coloring lent to story as a whole and I enjoyed it.

I will say it feels a little unfinished and short. It could have used another 50 pages to really make the story that much better.

Thank you, Netgalley, the author, and Oni Press for the gifted e-book! ❤️ #gifted. My review is comprised of my honest thoughts.

This was so fun and entertaining. I loved that the two main characters are gay. This is very Archie style and so bright. I am obsessed with the look. I did want more at the end of it, but I highly recommend it.

Hilarious! Queer! Horror! Graphic Novel! All the things I love in a book. The art style is giving Archie Comic vibes, but with a modern twist. Only complaint is it needs to be longer. Ended too quickly.

Very, very cute Archie-style gay lovecraftian beach pulp comic. Really fun! I think it could have used a bit more space to develop character relationships (AJ and Ben exchanged like three sentences before being declared boyfriends), and I'm always a bit sad to see a <spoiler>"nobody remembers it" ending</spoiler>, but it's the dumb gay teen supernatural hijinks I crave.

I landed on a 3.5⭐

It was a fun summer romp with a cute cast of characters, and fun wacky plot. Would broadly recommend and I could see people giving it a 5. It's about two boys that go off to a town for summer break to flirt with boys. Find out that the water is filled with toxic waste.