Everything is Fine Volume One: A WEBTOON Unscrolled Graphic Novel

by Mike Birchall

Overview

Perfectly normal couple Sam and Maggie live in a perfectly normal neighborhood, with their perfectly normal dog Winston. All the houses look the same. The people sound and look the same. On the outside, everything is fine. But is it? Winston, their sweet dog, has been dead for some time now, and Sam and Maggie begin to struggle to keep up the facade of their idyllic suburban life.

The mystery continues as the couple, despite being as “fine” as they can be, reckon with heavy surveillance by outside cameras, and question their every decision. While both emotionally repressed and eerily disconnected, Sam and Maggie are one wrong move away from something much more sinister.

Their neighbor, Charlie, catches on to this strange and manipulative force and attempts to escape from the watchful eyes of those in power, starting Sam and Maggie on a path of resistance. But rebels are heavily punished in this society, and deemed “red-status” — swiftly erased from memory. What happens when everything isn’t fine?

This volume collects episodes 1–16 of the WEBTOON comic Everything Is Fine.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781990259777
Publisher:	Wattpad Webtoon Studios, Inc.
Publication date:	05/16/2023
Series:	Everything is Fine , #1
Pages:	272
Product dimensions:	8.90(w) x 5.90(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Mike Birchall lives in the UK and makes comics. He lost a fiddle contest with the devil and his punishment is drawing one billion cat heads.

Editorial Reviews

"With clean lines and soft colors, Birchall draws the denizens of this mild-mannered hellscape donning super-cute cat costumes; the effect is both winsome and menacing. . . . The sense of danger and dread is unsubtle but aptly conjured. À la Marvel’s Wandavision, this is a clever and gripping portrayal of a woman shredding the pretense to say, 'Enough.'" — Publishers Weekly

"This series will most definitely be a hit with fans of horror comics, especially those who appreciate a slow burn with unexpected twists and turns." — Booklist

From the Publisher

02/20/2023

Birchall’s hair-raising debut collects the first volume of his Harvey Award finalist digital comics series about a suburban dystopia where one housewife awakens to and rebels against an oppressive surveillance state. Maggie lives in a seemingly idyllic community with her husband, Sam, and their dog, Winston. Winston, however, has been dead for some time, an unacknowledged truth and symbol of the decay and denial pervading the neighborhood. It’s clear Maggie (and everyone she encounters) is also repressing a more devastating loss. As mandated by the government, any negative thoughts are quickly banished behind Fargo-esque facades of down-home pleasantries. With clean lines and soft colors, Birchall draws the denizens of this mild-mannered hellscape donning super-cute cat costumes; the effect is both winsome and menacing, as when Maggie’s mask is splashed with stray spaghetti sauce from the stove. The sense of danger and dread is unsubtle but aptly conjured. À la Marvel’s Wandavision, this is a clever and gripping portrayal of a woman shredding the pretense to say, “Enough.” (May)

Publishers Weekly