The Last Delivery

In this brilliantly illustrated graphic novel, we follow a delivery boy through a seemingly endless and expansive mansion. Despite the many surreal, bizarre, and dangerous obstacles he encounters, the small delivery boy remains determined to obtain a signature for the delivery box. I loved the illustrations in The Last Delivery, which made possible the sense of chaos and phantasmagoria.

The delivery boy stoically carries out his last assignment, which takes him to a large house where a seemingly endless party is taking place. In order to find the master of the house to whom the parcel is to be delivered, the delivery boy must resist many distractions.
Scurrilous, grotesque, open to multiple interpretations, marvellous!
Reminded me of the theater in Hesse's Steppenwolf.

Dark, gorgeously drawn, captivating. What more to be said... This is exactly what I look for in a graphic novel and to have one where the characterization jumps out of the page so wonderfully makes me recommend this to everyone. Lovely.

An incredible read! The Last Delivery follows and anonymous delivery boy who must find the resident of the household to sign for their package but comes face to face with a debaucherously bacchanalian party that puts him in real danger. There are so many ways to interpret this story; whether it's a look at possibly what purgatory feels like or a comment on the "always working" culture that we are seeing around the world lately. It's dynamic and well illustrated. There's not a ton of dialogue so the art does the work of moving the story. The dialogue that is present is Shakespearian-like that feels eerily out of place (in a good way.) Those looking for some psychological and mental exercise will enjoy the twists and turns of this graphic novel.

Imagine seeing Prospero's Masque of the Red Death through the eyes of a little delivery boy just trying to get through his shift. This dark, delightfully Poe-ish fantasy graphic novel twists and turns and keeps you trotting along with it. The worldbuilding in the story is masterful, and the humor and absurdity really lend themselves to a variety of readings on the text.

this short graphic novel shows the dark side of decadence, an illustrious and grotesque setting all at once. our protagonist's journey through this abyssal mansion is action-packed and heartbreaking. an excellent one-shot that gives insight onto the greater perversions of our nature and how following the rules often can bring our demise.

This is a wonderful graphic novel. Shakespearean in its tragedy, the contrast of old English, modern English, and made-up words create a sense of ancient timelessness.
The simple single-colored backgrounds pull the reader's focus to the emotions and details of the characters. The underlying conversation about defining yourself by your occupation is brought out by the simple debauchery of it all.

The Last Delivery is a short, fast-paced fantasy read that will definitely keep thou on thou'st toes. Poor little guy. The delivery man is doing everything in his power to deliver his parcel in this dark, whimsical maze of a book. He is continuously stymied in his efforts, but his dedication is unwavering. I thoroughly enjoyed this graphic novel. The art and coloring style are unique and lend themselves to the eerie, disorienting feeling mirrored in the narrative. This graphic novel encapsulates a mood that is unsettling but difficult to articulate. Unlike anything I have read before, it would be well suited to those who enjoyed Mage and the Endless Unknown by S.J. Miller or Over the Garden Wall. Darker graphic novels like these can be difficult to stick the ending, but (mild spoilers) I enjoyed that the end has a sense of metaphor to it - I took it as a critique of capitalist consumption, but it could be taken several ways. Also, I love Spatulette.

I LOVED this. It reminded me of the Dark Crystal but mixed with a bit with Dr. Seuss. I felt bad for that the main character had to go through this story, yet I could not stop looking at his journey.

A shiny new delivery person arrives at a mansion, determined to do their duty and deliver a package to the resident.
We meet two types of characters in the mansion: revelers fully committed to the bread-and-circuses bit, and the workers who make it all possible. Whenever our delivery person reaches out for help to one of the workers, even for something as simple as a signature he’s met with “isn’t my job.” The revelers are insulted that someone would dare ask them to work. No one helps our unnamed protagonist as they go through hell and it’s maintenance corridor.
The first moment of violence nearly as hard on the reader as it is on our unnamed protagonist and it only gets more dangerously surreal from there. The ending… that ending gutted me.
I do love contrast between content and form, but the constant violence and disdain heaped upon our adorable and turtle-like protagonist who wants nothing more than to do a job well… it’s hard to read.
There’s something to be said about late-stage capitalism and the constant carousel of violence and decadence, but maybe I worked too many years in customer service because this one hit me hard.
If this doesn’t radicalize you, I don’t know what will.