Welcome to Poison Ivy, Evgeni Vasiliev’s ironic and often dark graphic novel that follows the exploits of a team of three interstellar insurance fraud investigators who stumble upon the ultimate discovery: Intelligent alien life. Evgeni’s expressive pen strokes and watercolor washes form the confines of the crumbling spaceship where the team is trapped by a distant planet’s toxic atmosphere. Each team member pursues their own interests but all eventually come to an ultimate truth: There is no reality other than that which we make up ourselves. Poison Ivy pays homage to the science fiction greats with its writing and drawing style and Vasiliev lists as his influences both American and Soviet Sci-Fi classics including Alien, Silent Running, Solaris and Mystery of the Third Planet.
