DISCLOSURE: boney, the creator of BROOD, and I are members of the Cartoonist Co-op. Boney had put out a call asking for reviews while BROOD runs for crowdfunding, and I asked for an ARC, which they gave. All opinions that follow are my own.
CONTENT WARNING: This review discusses a pornographic work, specifically one that covers tentacles, male impregnation, and egg stuff. If any of these topics are squicky to you, I recommend you take a breather and step away from this one. I have a ton of other stuff for you to check out, so poke around the website or on my webcomics instead.
Long-time readers might be wondering why I’m even covering this book. The short answer is: I love reading, and will try anything at least once. BROOD falls outside of my usual purview for what I review, but I wanted to give this work a shot.
So What is BROOD?
BROOD is the story of Rael, an elf boy who has a massive crush on the party archer, Dav. (By the way, there is a LOT of fantasy/Dungeons and Dragons language throughout.) Their party is trying to pass a series of trials, which includes fighting off a variety of monsters. It just so happens that one of these monsters is a tentacle beast that can sense Rael’s pining for Dav, and decides, “Yeah, I can make this ‘ship work.”
What follows is some very spicy tentacle porn, followed by Rael and Dav finally confessing their feelings for each other (with a lot of fucking), and then the tentacle beast comes in for a tentacle beast/Dav/Rael threesome.
My only critique is that this threesome scene feels like it got cut short. But boney has a PDF add-on on Backerkit available that expands this scene. (Still would have liked to see this in the graphic novel, though).
That’s really my only critique of this story. It’s a sexy, intense, and in the end, surprisingly wholesome tentacle porn! I haven’t read tentacle porn this wholesome since My Monster Boyfriend from Iron Circus Comix.
(My favorite bit is towards the end when Dav is like, “Thanks, Eldritch Unfathomable Tentacle Beast!” And there’s a cutaway panel of the tentacle going, “You’re welcome!”)
Also, if there is a sequel, it better have dragon dick in it, or else those lore drops in the end are for nothing!
Intrigued? BROOD is now on Backerkit! (KickStarter banned this twice because Stripe is trying to ban porn. No I’m not kidding.) You can pre-order a digital or physical copy, including the extended threesome scene.
Broke? Spread the word to your tentacle enthusiasts! Word of mouth is the best way to get this comic out in the world, especially considering gestures broadly at everything.
Now go read some tentacle comics!
That’s all for now. Thank you for reading!
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