Kill Audio is an odd book that can sometimes be hard to follow, but mostly due to the fact that it's very bizarre and very different than anything on the shelf. It's clever use of imagery and wordplay make it worth the extra little brainpower you'll expend reading it. Plus, it's funnier than hell.

First and foremost, Kill Audio is about music. OK, that's not exactly true, it's about Kill Audio, the titular character, who also happens to be be a diminutive troll that can't die. Which is fortunate (most of the time) because he has a machine-faced golem named Fix-Ler that's out to kill him for a reason that, it would appear, not even Fix-Ler is aware. But Fix-Ler's steadfast determination in his inexplicable life's purpose inspires Kill Audio to set out to find his own reason for being.

But aside from that, it's about music. It's hard to say what the makers behind Kill Audio intended, but it feels like a largely representative work, channeling everything from hip-hop to classic rock into an urban environment setting that is at once idealized, post-apocalyptic, and incredibly surreal. The characters themselves seem to be facets of music, ranging from a Grim Reaper like character that's fascinated with Heavy Metal and it's origins, to a hallucinating, coke snorting anthropomorphic chicken that is two parts disco and one part gangster rap. He also, on occasion, has relations with a Buick.

Yes, the above statement is true and should provide a fine example as to whether this book is for you. Add to that dialogue that sometimes flows like freestyle rap and you've got some odd, but fun and funny, entertainment. Given that every couple of pages the book's setting and action morph into something completely different than what came before, Claudio and company demonstrate a deft hand at pacing and paneling. This is in addition to some finely psychedelic line work.

All in all, Kill Audio is the perfect fix for anyone bored of more and the same at their shop. If you're in need for a laugh and want to see how a story about music plays out in a silent medium, pick it up.

If you liked this review, be sure to check out more of the author’s work at http://madbastard.hypersites.com

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