Ghosted #1

Ghosted #1 

Joshua Williamson: writer
Goran Sudzuka: artist
Miroslav Mrva: colorist

Solicitation & Preview

Review
Ghosted takes a very interesting premise and intrigues me. Strangely, this is a comic where the plot seems more interesting to me than any character in the story.

Let's not mince words, I think it is the intent to have a main character that isn't very well liked. I just don't feel any sympathy for the character as his actions outside of jail seem to indicate what kind of person he was before, and that he probably deserved to be in jail.

In that regard, I really feel like there has to be a catch or something coming up for Jackson T. Winters, our main lead. There is too much time devoted to him in the story than to the quick intro of the other characters that it makes me feel like something is up. Only time will tell.

The art by Sudzuka isn't too shabby. The book reads at a very well done and paced manner. Each panel contains enough details and backgrounds that I don't feel like there is a pose off going on between the characters. There is depth there, and a way to help guide the eye from panel to panel.

This series seems to me like it will be a very fast paced book. Something akin to the hits will keep coming and coming, if the pace of the story in this first issue is any indication. This is one of the recent Image #1s that I've read of late that I'm thankful I picked up, but I am a little hesitant in moving forward. There is an interesting premise here that I wonder if it is more a send off to an Ocean's Eleven type of movie, or going to be courted to Hollywood as the next type of Ocean's movie. There is a fine line there and I would rather see creators take advantage of telling a story in this medium as opposed to prepping it here for the jump to the big screen later.

Grades
Words: 7/10
Pictures: 7/10
General Feeling After Reading: Intrigued.
Buy Next Issue: I'll be down with a three issue try.