Structurally, Wuvable Oaf follows the standard day-in-the-life autobiographical comic template of the 00s. It’s two twists are 1) setting that in a cartoonish version of San Francisco filled with pro wrestling, metal bands and bizarre chefs & 2) a distinct artistic style.

Ed Luce has great character design and does a good job of creating full characters, but his art is just not that dynamic. And not to nit-pick, but some word ballon placement is pretty off. However, I do like his pastiches of other comic characters. Those are very on model and show his artistic skill and attention to detail.

Art aside, the comic just didn’t work for me. It’s supposed to be a humor comic, but I didn’t really find it funny. The Goteblüd story is pretty much the only bit that really got me.

The comic also doesn’t work very well narratively. The main story just stops and it felt like the first three issues of a 6 issue series (which is kinda what it is). The semi-related short stories that fill out most of the rest of the book are fine as far as it goes; they flesh out the characters & world Luce’s created and have a couple of chuckles (specifically the beard contest story). But this book really feels incomplete, which makes it very unsatisfying given it’s length. It feels more like an artist’s portfolio than a book.