For my review this week I am looking at some of the titles I picked up for Free Comic Book Day. Before I start a quick shout out to the legends at All Star Comics. I missed actual Free Comic Book Day but those lads were nice enough to give me some titles after the fact.
The two titles I will be giving a quick fire review of are Mass Effect by Dark Horse Comics and Finding Gossamyr by Th3rd World Studios.
Mass Effect
For those out there who are not familiar with gaming, Mass Effect is a science fiction, action role playing game spanning three games. I have to admit that at this stage that I have not played Mass Effect. I bought the trilogy for my X-Box 360 and am waiting for some time off to give it some attention.
This short story comic written by Mac Walters and Jeremy Barlow follows an attempt by Jeff, a crippled pilot, to show that he is worthy of more than the equivalent of a taxi driver. Being a freebie the story is not that expansive but from my perspective it has achieved what it has intended, I now want to play the game (hurry up holidays!) and would like to read some more.
The artwork by Garry Brown was quite good. The Turian representative looks particularly cool.
For these reviews I will change my rating system. Does this comic make me want to look into the Mass Effect universe more? The answer to that is a big Yes.
Finding Gossamyr
The second title I am reviewing is Finding Gossamyr. I do not usually start a review by talking about the art in a comic but this title is going to be the exception. The illustrator of this comic is Sarah Ellerton and I have to say it looks absolutely beautiful. I absolutely adore the art style used. It feels very Disney inspired.
The comic is written by David A Rodriguez and the story is a fantasy tale involving magic, weird and wonderful creatures and theorem solving. The story on the first read was a little tricky to follow but became clearer on a second reading.
The Volume 1 Hardcover for this book is coming out in July and I will be definitely purchasing this title.
Hope you enjoyed my quick fire looks at these two titles. Would like to hear what you thought about these two comics and any other comics you read for Free Comic Book Day. Please comment below or you can contact me via Twitter @bennykane1983.
For my next review I will be looking at A User’s Guide to Neglectful Parenting by Guy Delisle.
Enjoy your comic reading!
Benny
[…] captured the emotion beautifully. Although it is a different style, the artwork is on par to Finding Gossamyr (reviewed in Free Comic Book Day […]