Mad Cave publishes Flow, a comic that follows Dara, a homeschooled girl who gets her first period at a camp and believes she must follow orders from three campmates to break a curse. Ten years later, those bullies, now cursed, seek out Dara believing she is responsible. A premise that blends horror and social realism.
The visual development of the curse 🎨
Flow's graphic narrative uses a marked chromatic contrast: cool tones for the camp flashbacks and warm, saturated colors for the present. The panels fragment during moments of panic, reflecting Dara's anxiety. The character design avoids caricature, opting for realistic expressions that anchor the supernatural in an everyday context. Mad Cave's edition maintains a slow pace in dialogue and an accelerated one in action sequences.
When your period plays a nasty trick on you 🩸
Dara thought her first period was a curse, but the real curse is having to deal ten years later with the same campmates who bullied her. They believe she cursed them, when all Dara wanted was to be left alone. If your period comes with revenge included, at least let it be in a comic and not at your summer camp.