Kevin Dempsey Comic Reviews

Monster World #1 is a really cool change of pace for the noir genre with a pretty interesting case so far involving monsters and cinema. While not perfect, I'm curious to see where this mystery is going and I'm looking forward to seeing more action with these not so camera friendly Hollywood monsters.

"Welcome Back #1" may not be all that much of an original concept but it manages to execute everything so well in its first outing. The lore, characters, art, and story make it really stand out and does a great job of getting the readers interested in what is going to happen next. Definitely a great start to a promising looking series.

Welcome Back#2 continues to exceed my expectations with its engaging storytelling, beautiful artwork, and intriguing characters. It's only real flaws come from a little too much exposition and a slight change of art style on the last few pages. It's a shame there's only two more issues left in this series. There's so much material here that could easily work better for an ongoing over a miniseries and I'm not even sure how they plan to end this whole thing with all that was set up yet. Either way I'm looking forward to seeing how the other half of this engaging story turns out.

Back to the Future #1 is an incredibly fun blast to the past that recaptures the magic of the beloved movies and the characters. While the two stories are not perfect by any means, they both deliver some interesting bits that will make you want to pick up the next book in the series. I would definitely recommend this as a must read for any fan of the franchise.

Broken Moon has a nice balance of genres with its post-apocalypse and sci-fi setting mixed in with some classic movie monsters. I had some nitpicks here or there and the vampire vs werewolf concept is pretty over done, but none of that really ruined the overall story or the interesting setup for me. As a first issue, it did a great job of giving us an appetizer of whats to come and hopefully the next issue will make us want to dig our fangs even deeper into this interesting concept of a story.

Star Wars: Blood Ties - Boba Fett Is Dead is a simple, short, and enjoyable story from start to finish. Sure the art is off in places, the surprises are lackluster, and the villain is weak, but that I didn't want an award winner. I wanted a simple, enjoyable story to pass the time and that's what I got here. It's not a major space epic but still good enough to hold your interest.

Onyx #1 was a let down with it's bad dialogue and bland characters. It may not be the most interesting or engaging first issue that I've ever read but there are still some good things about it here or there but not enough to make up for the bad. Hopefully this series will start to improve when the remaining three issues come out but so far, not a good first impression.

I feel like Project Nemesis #1 could have been so much better than it was. The ideas expressed here that I can make out seemed interesting and the dialogue with the characters seemed pretty fluid, but the okay art, heavy needless narration, unexplained details, and some bad page layout really bogged this down for me. I wanted to like this more than I did but I just couldn't bring myself to see past most of the problems with this issue. Just another example of a story told in a narrative medium not translating well to a visual one.