scribbly

There are plenty of initials and scribbly hearts, sure, but also a lock with Batman’s insignia and at least a dozen locks marked “MYTH” with a label maker.

Unlike the scribbly, energetic line in the original book illustrations by French artist Yoran Cazac, Roberts’ collaged images bring sturdy heft to the agile young man.

One is a K.G.B. spy, lurking around corners and leaving a scribbly wisp of cigarette smoke.

He also called Gage, a 25-year-old dancer and choreographer with painted nails and arms full of scribbly tattoos, a gay slur and told him to “go back to the streets.”

The show is subtle enough that it never feels like it’s laboring to teach the viewer a lesson, and though Kid Cosmic isn’t as colorful as The Powerpuff Girls, it benefits from McCracken’s distinct visual style and knack for making simple, almost scribbly lines come to life—it’s miles away from Rick and Morty and its similarly smooth visual progeny, Lower Decks and Big Mouth.