Black Mask Studio's has a winner with this comic. If you haven't picked it up, do so before the second run if you can find it.  Read Full Review

The Forevers #1 feels like a a calling card of what could wind up being the new cult series. It remains to be seen, of course, if the story to come lives up to the arty but trashy feel of this first issue, but I'm sufficiently intrigued to come back for more, and this is a welcome throwback to the kind of nakedly subversive supernatural pop-culture comic that went out of style when Karen Berger left Vertigo. Read Full Review

A visually sumptuous indictment of fame, ambition and desire, The Forevers is a winner on all counts; I do hope the next issue exercises just a little more reckless abandon and kicks things into overdrive on the black magic tip, but things are certainly off to a stellar start. Read Full Review

We can't review The Forevers #1 without mentioning the beautiful artwork. It feels almost real when reading it. People forget that comic books are a form of art. And this story features some of the most incredible pieces of art that blend seamlessly with the plot. It's mesmerisingly intense in some places. Some of the characters are visually based on popular celebrities " it's hard not to picture this as a movie. Overall,The Forevers #1 is an artistic take on our own celebrity driven society. When it explores what the seven are up to, it feels like a dark exploratory reality tv show. Blend that with some violent mysticism and we can't help but fall head over heels for it. Well played, Black Mask Studios, well played. Read Full Review

There were moments when I forgot that I was reading and imagined myself in a really kick ass TV show. The only real flaw that I saw in The Forevers was that it ended so soon a few more pages would have been nice but, I can see why ending Issue #1 when it did was a smart choice. Issue #1 grabs your attention and grasping for a few extra pages, what a better way to keep the readers wanting more and shivering with antici—pa—-tion. Read Full Review

Overall, there's a lot to like inThe Forevers, not all the parts are there right now, but there's enough intrigue and solid talent to let me give it the benefit of the doubt and recommend it. I'm excited to see where the book goes from here and will definitely be back for more. If gritty crime books with a twist of the supernatural are your thing, then you'll definitely feel at home withThe Forevers. Read Full Review

The Forevers promises to be a dazzling black magic murder mystery with deadly surprises lurking underneath. Whether you want to root for the guy who comes out on top or just take pleasure in watching the mighty fall, this book will be an enjoyable study of the lengths that people will go to please themselves. It's naughty, nasty fun. Read Full Review

It's a strong (if sometimes mystifying) start to the series, and one that shows no signs of veering into superhero territory. Read Full Review

Fame Is A Candle That Burns At Both EndsThe Forevers #1 is a stunning meditation on fame and its pitfalls. But, without revealing too much, fame and magic both have their prices. What will happen to this group of friends, now stars, when someone doesn't want to share the spotlight? A slow burner, it is still an entertaining, and chilling, read with beautiful art; and it might put people off from trying to audition for that faint glimmer of spotlight. Read Full Review

Much like its characters, being off-putting in terms of tone and dynamic is part of the charm and the emotional resonance of realizing that risk of getting what you want means finding out how worthless it really is. Magic, mystery and menace presented with a defiant flair, The Forevers #1 dares to present you with few answers and lots of ugly truths. Read Full Review

Ultimately, this had too many problems with story and art for me to want to come back for a second issue. This may read better as a collected edition where the whole thing is there to explore at a single time. I'm going to pass on this as a serialized story, there was really nothing I could latch on to and that means I'll have a hard time picking up and following the story thread after a month long absence. Read Full Review

The only complaint I have about this issue, aside from the fairly uninspiring characters, is the lack of backstory that is required to hook readers in. If this could have been expanded upon, then the book would have been far more memorable. As it stands, The Forevers appears to be a mash-up of franchises including Highlander, Cabin in the Woods and various others. It definitely has a lot of potential though, albeit potential that hasn't been fully realised just yet. Read Full Review

I like the themes that Pires has worked with in the past and the ones that he seems to want to explore here. But this is a disjointed attempted at making some sort of statement. Is is decrying fame? Does it even want to? If ruminations on fame are essential to the book, the, uh, "cameos" (to put it lightly) at the end ring even more hollow. Pfeiffer's art is so referential that it feels manufactured and cold. When fans buy comic books, they buy it for the medium that it comes in just as much as for the story that's contained within those pages. Pires and Pfeiffer fail to use the medium to their advantage, and unfortunately only succeed in delivering a product that feels like an imitation of titles that tread similar territory. Read Full Review

Good enough for me to add to my pull list.

I didn't make it past the first half... this comic was a mistake.

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Modeselekter - Mar 21, 2018

Insightful!...care to explain why?

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