Owen the Barbarian has been cursed to do good with what remains of his life. His bloodthirsty weapon, Axe, has become his moral compass with a drinking problem. Together they wander the realm, foredoomed to help any who seek assistance. But there is one thing Owen hates more than a life with rules: Witches.
Welcome to the skull-cracking, blood-splattering, mayhem-loving comic brave enough to ask: How can a man sworn to do good do so much violence? Hah! F***ing with you. It's just...BARBARIC.
Swearing is big and clever!
Oh dear. This has some nice art, and the colour work is good too, but the writing leaves a lot to be desired. I have no moral objection to swearing, but it is superfluous in the dialogue here. In fact, the dialogue is pretty atrocious even without all the profanity.
There is possibly a story worth reading, but on the basis of this issue, it seems to be aiming squarely for the lowest common denominator: swearing; violence; tits! What more could the average idiot want?
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I had to Google and try to find somebody else like you that shared this opinion. First issue is pretty hard to make it through with the unnecessary and constant swearing. Like you said it has cool artwork and great coloring but unfortunately it's ruined by the really shallow modern day dialogue that is anything but immersive. And I really would have liked to have kept reading this too. The writing doesn't even need to be intelligent. Hard to mess up a sword and sorcery but they did.
Thanks for your comment. It is a shame that this comic didn't live up to the hype.
Was there a lot of hype? I'm not really plugged in or in the loop on stuff. I think I stumbled across it looking for some recently released 'in the same vein as Conan' stuff or perhaps because I was looking into this Sorcery TCG. Either way, it certainly is a bummer. Would you be able to recommend me and cool sword and sorcery stuff? I remember Hellheim was super cool but it's been a good 5 years since I read it and I remember it ending far too soon. Highly recommend that if you get a chance!
I read quite a diverse range of stuff, so not necessarily up on the very latest. If you haven't read it, then the current Titan Comics Conan series is pretty good.