Rival Angels was reviewed in the February issue of Comics Buyer’s Guide by the wonderful and talented, Kris Manty. Check out her article, “The old, the bold, and the downright dirty,” and find out what goodness lies in vertebreakers, cleavage ahoy and boozy escapades.
Since joining the Webcomic collective, I’ve been looking forward to plugging a comic that I’ve been reading for a while now, Johnny Saturn.
First things first: I grew up on superheroes, love, love, LOVED me some Spiderman and Batman. When I got to fifth grade, I started collecting comics and never looked back. Fast forward to the new century with everything that is wrong with comics. Such as, gimmicks, crappy stories that include deals with devils and other out of character nuances with smug, money hungry EIC’s laughing their asses to the bank with just enough pandering to keep me away from superheroes for a good long while.
Enter Johnny Saturn. Here’s a webcomic/comic book that is something that can help fill the big void left by the greed of the Big two. It’s not a comic for children, and I like that. I like a webcomic that is written with my tastes. It reads alot like Austin Grossman’s exceptional book, ‘Soon I will Be Invincible.’ Just like Austin Groosman’s book, there is a wonderful nod to the old school heroes and the way that they conducted themselves but leaving out the camp and frivolity.
The writing and stories of Johnny Saturn are smart and well-written. The stories are so character driven that you get caught up in the characters lives, whether they’re ‘good guys’ or ‘bad guys.’ The distinction isn’t always clear, who’s good or bad and that’s something that will entertainingly keep you on your toes. The pacing keeps things from bogging down or accelerating at a breakneck speed. You won’t help nodding approvingly when you get taken for a ride on one of the story twists.
The art is fantastic. Every update always has top notch art, always solid. Always good angles, anatomy, perspective and the coloring fits the mood. Scott doesn’t seem to take a day off or skimp on the details. Â Trust me, the art, especially the covers are amazing.
Come for the story, stay for the art. You’ll be happy you checked it out.
I’ve come across many webcomics since joining the Webcomics Collective but I’d like to bring your attention to Mysteries of the Arcana. It’s written by J. Gray with art by Keith W and its a good mix of sci-fi, action, drama and adventure.
The story instantly jumps out at you and fans of fast starts will love Arcana. We quickly find out who the main players are, namely teenagers, Chrystalline and Theresa. Along the way we find out more about the Arcana and it’s role in, well, everything. Seriously everything.
Chrystalline seems quite serious for the most part, but does have a fun, wild side that involves shoes and people that save her. Her seriousness lies in the journey ahead of her and the people involved in that.
Theresa is pretty tormented, but she seems pretty willing to leave that behind for now, getting caught up in the galactic scheme of things that is the Arcana. Â She acts as our anchor to this new world, asking our questions for us. Â
It’s a smart comic that’s easy to get caught up in. It’s still pretty new, with only 30 pages, so it’s easy enough to get into it. The art is good, nice colors and good pacing. I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention a certain strong base to tarot in this comic, though it doesn’t hit you over the head with it.
It’s off to a great start. If you’re looking for an interesting, and fun teenage buddy kind of comic, you’ll be so happy with Mysteries of the Arcana.
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