ugdave
12-09-2010, 05:48 AM
I'd seen this in Previews for the past couple months and decided to pick up issue #1 yesterday. I'm not into steampunk but the art and concept looked cool to me. To clarify, steampunk doesn't bother me and looks kinda cool, but I never really got the obsession with it.
I was really surprised with the quality of this book from top to bottom. The art is really great. Movement, facial expressions, body form all really spot on. Awesome colors and just beautiful to look at. The characters that are introduced are compelling and there's indication of a lot of story to be told here. It's a mysterious and stylized start and I'm really looking forward to see where it goes. There's even steampunky recipes in the back! Quirky!
My only complaint is the ad placement. There's a number of them including the centerfold. In fact, the centerfold is two full page ads followed immediately by an ad on the next page. The coloring of the ads is so similar to the main story that it distracted me a couple times - took me out of the story that I was so getting into. I really prefer when companies put all their ads at the back and honor the art and experience of the comic. I know some probably feel they lose out on ad views that way, but it is distracting to have ads every few pages. I expect it from the big 2 but it really impresses me when indie titles buck that trend. Too bad they didn't here.
Overall a great start out of the gate - really impressed by this one. Probably my favorite book this week.
Editing to note that I spelled it wrong - it's Mechanika but I'm not gonna bother the mods to change the title.
I was really surprised with the quality of this book from top to bottom. The art is really great. Movement, facial expressions, body form all really spot on. Awesome colors and just beautiful to look at. The characters that are introduced are compelling and there's indication of a lot of story to be told here. It's a mysterious and stylized start and I'm really looking forward to see where it goes. There's even steampunky recipes in the back! Quirky!
My only complaint is the ad placement. There's a number of them including the centerfold. In fact, the centerfold is two full page ads followed immediately by an ad on the next page. The coloring of the ads is so similar to the main story that it distracted me a couple times - took me out of the story that I was so getting into. I really prefer when companies put all their ads at the back and honor the art and experience of the comic. I know some probably feel they lose out on ad views that way, but it is distracting to have ads every few pages. I expect it from the big 2 but it really impresses me when indie titles buck that trend. Too bad they didn't here.
Overall a great start out of the gate - really impressed by this one. Probably my favorite book this week.
Editing to note that I spelled it wrong - it's Mechanika but I'm not gonna bother the mods to change the title.