The Dream Merchant #3

The Dream Merchant #3

Written by Nathan Edmondson
Art by Konstantin Novosadov

Review
I'm not sure exactly how I feel about this book. I'm not disappointed with the book or anything, but I'm not exactly bursting at the seems to read it either.

This is the kind of book that I could see a friend really getting into. I would see it on his shelf, pick it up, be intrigued enough to flip through and give it a thorough half to three quarters reading, give a grunted "hmm," and then be on my way. A concept or two would stick with me, but there isn't much here that grabs at me.

The art matches the story well. Not too detailed and has a fantasy type edge to it that makes the creatures look interesting. The story is there, but it seems to move at a pace that you would think four issues in would have accomplished a little more (I know this is issue #3, but the first issue was a much longer intro story so I'm counting it as 2).

This far along into the story, I would expect to see that game changing moment where the hero knows what he wants, accepts it, and goes into action. This issue had that moment, but there just wasn't a feeling of pumped up excitement about it. The delivery just felt a little flat to me. Like a comedian who loves to deadpan and the joke doesn't go over well.

That sounds a little harsher than how I feel. Let's instead call this comic mildly interesting to me and it never quite left that level. But if this is the comic that excites you, then by all means keep with it.

Grades
Words: 6/10
Pictures: 6/10
General Feeling After Reading: Hum.
Buy Next Issue: I'm halfway through the series, and I feel like I should back out now if this is how I feel.