The Great British Bump-Off
by John Allison, Max Sarin, Jim Campbell, Sammy Borras
Genres: Crime, Graphic Novels, MysteryPages: 112
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Synopsis:An Agatha Christie-style murder mystery set in the world of English competitive baking from Giant Days’ John Allison and Max Sarin.
When she enters her country’s most beloved baking competition, Shauna Wickle’s goal is to delight the judges, charm the nation, and make a few friends along the way. But when a fellow contestant is poisoned, it falls to her to apprehend the culprit while avoiding premature elimination from the UK Bakery Tent…and being the poisoner’s next victim!Collects issues #1–#4 of Dark Horse Comics series The Great British Bump-Off.
John Allison and Max Sarin’s The Great British Bump-Off is basically: what if someone was so desperate to win the Great British Bake-Off that they were prepared to kill their fellow competitors? And what if one of the competitors decided to try to solve what’s happening, while continuing to take part, and being super, super quirky?
It’s basically Agatha Christie meets the Great British Bake-Off, and it works pretty well as a bit of light fun. The art and character designs work well and create distinct characters, and it pokes a bit of fun at the baking competition show format.
It feels a bit rushed at the end, though I think that’s in part because it’s structured round the three standard challenges you get in the show, and in part because it wants to use that structure to gather the competitors/suspects around at the end and go round the room accusing people, Christie-style.
Rating: 3/5 (“liked it”)
