Because of how animated Drew Rauschs art in the comic is, it tends to bring out the key emotions in the characters: loneliness, sadness, and inquisition. This intensify'sKate Leths excellentstorytelling, helping the reader relate to the characters feelings.

Joe Harris storytelling is very straight forward, often letting the ready know of certain parts of the back story containing the Y2K Millennium event. I was hoping for a little more of the back story to be told for new readers who may not be familiar with the Millennium television show. Colin Lorimers art work captures the storys eerie and mysterious moments perfectly, an example of this is in one panel when Frank tries to ignore his psychic abilities, another panel shows the voices in his mind reaching out to him while calling to him, driving him mad.

The only problem I had with this issue was that it couldve been a little longer. There wasn't enough page space to go in depth about Franks daughters disappearance or the mystery character from Franks' past. Unless the next issue is totally dedicated to these two key points, its a little unclear as to why these two link to Frank having a hand in the Millennium event.

The first two issues of Rot & Ruin have me roped in. I'm a big fan of many of the comics revolving around the zombie apocalypse anyway, but I love that this takes place after it happens. Hopefully next issue we can actually find out more about each teens personality, instead of witnessing the constant zombie fighting.

This graphic novels dark aspects remind me of the graphic novel Ghost, published by Dark Horse Comics. In Ghost, a young woman named Elisa searches to find the truth about her death. Her journey takes a few dark turns as the story progresses, which is similar to the darker side of the couple's nature in The People Inside and how it is brought out in their interactions with others as well as within personal relationships. It's similar to the dark times that several couples shared in The People Inside, including an unlikely and unforgivable moments that can't be controlled.

I will be on the lookout for the second issue to this comic since I'm hopeful the plot will evolve. I recommend this based on the artwork alone, but I wouldn't recommend it to anyone that doesn't like war comics or anyone whom opposes the idea of the damsel in distress.

I'm excited to read another one of Jim Zub's works. I'm a fan of Pathfinder, one of the earlier comics he's written which was published by Dynamite Entertainment. Both comics seemed to have a very similar storyline (other than they both being RPG's), but I'm hoping more plot will come from Baldur's Gate next issue.