A Review of Hereville, Issue 1
Thursday, May 15th, 2008Hereville is a comic with an interesting subject matter to me; that is, an unfamiliar one. The first issue, “How Mirka got her Sword,” spends a lot of time talking about living in a Jewish community, though when and where is unclear-and as far as I can tell, deliberately so. However, it’s not about the [...]
Such disturbing sea creatures.
Monday, April 21st, 2008I think that Odd Fish has one of the most fitting titles I’ve seen in a webcomic. Not just for the fact that the characters are odd, but for the fact that the whole tone of the comic is gently surreal. You won’t get a lot of big laughs from it, unless you love puns [...]
Fun in the sun? That depends.
Thursday, March 27th, 2008Caribbean Blue is a comic best taken in small doses. This isn’t because it’s hard to swallow, or particularly shocking. Rather, it’s enjoyable in individual comics, but taken as a whole, there are serious problems with the characters and the story.
The art of Caribbean Blue has definitely matured from the beginning. There’s a sketchy quality [...]
My Kukuburi review!
Saturday, March 8th, 2008Kukuburi is a beautifully drawn comic, with wonderfully surreal landscapes and characters. And even though there’s a serious tone to the whole comic, the art keeps it form becoming oppressive or stifling. However, the other elements of the comic aren’t quite as strong-and I worry that as we learn more about the story and the [...]
I fear Dume’s cooking.
Sunday, February 24th, 2008Dume is a comic that belongs to a very wide genre in webcomics: the roommate sitcom. It could be called a comedy, but many of these comics have a sitcom sensibility about them-improbable events are only dwelled upon as long as they’re actually occurring, and odd combinations are only remarked upon when there’s a joke [...]
The glitter, it blinds me!
Sunday, February 17th, 2008Sparkling Generation Valkyrie Yuuki-which is a mouthful, by the way-is one of a number of webcomics that explicitly model themselves on Japanese manga. Of all the webcomics I’ve read, I think Yuuki has done the best job of emulating a particular kind of manga-the “magical girl” manga. But unfortunately, I think it’s taken on many [...]
Ark the Improbable review.
Sunday, February 3rd, 2008Ark the Improbable is not a long comic right now-and most of what we’ve seen so far are action scenes. As such, there isn’t a lot to go on in terms of plot, or character development. That’s fine for now, but it does limit how much can be said in those categories.
The art for [...]
Aldus Maycombe review.
Sunday, January 20th, 2008In visuals, Aldus Maycombe is a very pleasing comic. Beyond that, it still needs some development….but from what I’ve seen, it shows a great deal of promise, and some more time will probably improve it on all fronts. It’s definitely something to keep an eye on.
Artistically, Maycombe is quite nice to look at. The artistic [...]
Skin Deep review.
Sunday, January 13th, 2008Skin Deep is a comic about a college student who finds herself in a very unusual situation, of being someone or something she didn’t expect. I thought there were a number of interesting concepts in Skin Deep, and some very nice illustration. However, I think many of the plot elements and characters don’t get much explanation, [...]
Stick figures everywhere!
Monday, January 7th, 2008Order of the Stick, at first glance, might seem like it’s all about D&D, and would thus be impenetrable to those unfamiliar with the game. As someone with some knowledge of D&D (but not a great deal), I didn’t have any trouble following along, but I also think the comic isn’t that hard to access. [...]
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