It's another nasty view of the future. In the near-future setup for Gypsy: Collected, the further degradation of the ozone layer has led to a general ban on air travel, and a new network of highways criss-crosses the globe. The eponymous Gypsy of the book is a devil-may-care Rom truck driver who dukes it out with other drivers in a more Arctic version of the Mad Max series. His teenage sister, who spent much of her life in an orphanage, is along for the ride, although she often finds herself appalled by her big brother's rough and rugged lifestyle. (We'll hope she's over 16, since she occasionally appears topless. Her brother, who is certainly over 16, appears bottomless a time or two, too.)

The potential of this story falls flat, however, and I just couldn't work up much interest for this collection of tales. There is no specific problem with Thierry Smolderen's writing or Enrico Marini's art, but they just never hook me enough to make the story palatable.

I kept thinking there had to be so much more than this ... but there wasn't. This formulaic story lacks inspiration.