[quote]First off, let me tell you where I'm coming from with my reviews. This way you have something to base your reading of my reviews on.
I collect a gambit of comic genres; Marvel and DC mainstream stuff, Marvel's Icon, DC's Vertigo (my favorite overall), DC's Wildstorm, Image including Top Cow, IDW, Devil's Due, Zenescope, Dark Horse and several other Indys.
Here are examples of what I enjoy and think are really well done comics and would give high appraise: 'Y the Last Man, Walking Dead, 30 days of Night (first mini), Scalped, DMZ, Conan, Red Sonja, Mice Templar, Fell, Vinyl Underground, Captain America, Iron Fist, Ultimate Spider-Man, Amazing Spider-Man, Proof, Grimm Fairy Tales, Star Wars: Legacy, Witchblade, The Magdalena (my favorite character of all time), Pax Romana, Sojourn, Batman. There are more, but this should give you some idea of what I'm looking for in my comics.
One reviewer's opinion will not be the same as the next, thus I've provided you with the types of reading I like and enjoy. That is what I base my reviews on. If you read the above information and do not enjoy the same things as I, then my reviews will be garbage to you. So reviews, in my opinion are all relative to the reviewer's and the reader's taste.
Second, my reviews will be the culmination of stars between 1 and 5 (5 being the best) averaged over the subjects listed below.
Now, here we go...[/quote]
Title: Storming Paradise #1
Cover:
Very 1940'esque posterish. Perfect for a WWII story in my opinion. ****
Interior Art: Blend of detail and rubbish. The people are drawn with great detail and perfectly colored. Many of the panels have rubbish, litteraly, war time rubbish in the backgrounds which I know would be very tedious to draw, but still, this is a review. ***
Story dialogue: Good enough to leave me wanting more. I'm interested in the livelihood of people in this era and enjoy reading stories set in this time. What a chaotic time to be alive! I would have liked a lot more detail about what was actually going on and the personal feelings of the characters involved. I enjoyed this issue though, but finished feeling a little dissappointed in not getting more detail. ***
Letters and page Layout: *****
Emotions invoked: Respect for the era. Pride in our (the USA) troops. Saddened by the portrayal of Japanese philosophy of using women and children in the defense of their nation. Aprehension and axiety to find out what happens next. ****
Rate: 3.8/5