Now this is a comic that clearly focuses more on the art than on the story. Its not a bad thing, its just something you have to take before sitting down to read it. You can tell that the artist is more intent on showing you the story and giving you some damn good art before focusing on the story.
How can you tell this? Because each issue only deals with each plot thread within two to three pages. Most of that space is taken up with art. What you get is some bullet point style of storytelling. This works for comics because you are already filling in the information of what happened in between the panels in your head. So the words of each issue only touches on certain aspects that you have to fill some of the in between moments in your head.
If the art just looked of crap, then this book would have nothing to stand on. But it looks great. This book feels like you are looking at the most beautiful person in the world. When they speak, you are unsure if they are unsure of themselves or of what is going on or if your confused or if...
Its winning the beauty pageants, but you're still unsure if there is a person beneath the beauty. Let's hope that the person finds that inner beauty to match the outer beauty. I will be along for a little while to find out.
Averages for issues #1-3:
Words: 7/10
Pictures: 10/10
Overall feel for issues #1-3: Pictures are worth a thousand words, let's hope that the next couple of books will find those words. But for the first three, definitely trying to find them. 9/10 overall.
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