My first impression, besides accidentally reading right to left occasionally, is that it's very generic and... boring. I guess the appeal of something like Superman is you want to see him do really cool stuff, like fly in space and punch someone into the Moon. Or with Batman to give you a good thrill with the plot. What's supposed to be enthralling about Isom; he's black?
Some of these faces are really derpy/ugly:
Halfway through and I don't know anything important about Avery; he just seems moody and quiet. Why should I care about him beyond the fact he can beat up some thugs? The way the narrative explains things isn't immediately clear, and the way of introducing characters borders on lazy (e.g. Alphacore). The action sequences are like stills and don't really convey movement very well. They're also generally poor at leading your eye. Also what is even happening here:
This is one of the better pages, but it still doesn't guide the eye very well:
I don't get any sense of motion from these movements. They're just there. The dialogue is similarly bad:
It reads like a Saturday morning cartoon villain's talking.
Is this supposed to be a comical moment?
Tiny arm. The dialogue between these two is so off putting. Like some high school nerd roleplaying. Aaaand the end of the fight was incredibly anticlimatic. The main villain guy reminds of the Weekend trying to play that villain in the drama he ruined:
Another comical moment that isn't supposed to be:
After finishing the first volume I can pinpoint the fundamental issue with the writing, it's desperate to sound/look cool. Kind of like how a Soundcloud rapper might try to look cool by shooting a music video with strippers and throwing money around while they smoke weed, but like, the nerdy black version.
Onto the second TPB. Off to a great start:
It looks like the writer/artist just wanted an excuse to hit a woman. And the rambling. These men ramble on and on to the point Robert Plant would probably run away to the darkest depths of Mordor if he heard it. God, do you know what the worst part about the narrative is? Things aren't properly introduced, they're just thrown around at random and you're expected to just guess what the fuck they have to do with anything. I don't feel suspense, I don't feel properly informed; it's just there, kind of like the action sequences.
And we get Isom's tragic past:
I'm really not impressed with this guy's abilities.
Because you're a useless jobber, Avery.
Accurate depiction of pro wrestling fans. At this point I'm so bored I want it to be over already so I can do other things. What is happening with this perspective. Looks avant garde:
The demon shit is so weird and out of left field. There is no cohesion with any of this. Her expression does not match what she's saying/feeling:
I like the coloring and composition here, but the narrative is all over the place. There's no reason for the reader to feel invested so much as confused. The woman he's with here has the best design/personality so far. She's like Skarlet meets Freddy Krueger.
LMAO WHAT IS THIS
Nice Buzz Lightyear anatomy. Those demons look so stupid. I finished it and showed two of my friends. They seemed to have the same complaints: boring, bland, out of left field, self-insert and ugly, etc. Like yeah, this is a little better than Ethan's Earthworm Jim ripoff, but that's not saying much. If that's a 2/10, this is a 3/10. It reminds me of a shitty 90s comic book.
