I was in Charlottesville, Virginia a few years ago for work and stumbled into a comic shop where the first issue of Absolute Beginners caught my eye. Other than seeing a new Oni book, I couldn't guess why I picked it up. I enjoyed that mini, but didn't love the one-shots after. Then Blue Moon came out and I decided to wait for the digest and also get the first mini in digest (that'd be this one). This first introduction to the characters is okay. Yeah, just okay. I never really got into the whole vibe and still can't quite figure out the setting. The shorts in the back of the trade aren't as polished, but they provide a good bit of back-story and setting and are questionably placed after the main story which assumes some familiarity with the characters. I'll read Blue Moon at some point, but I'm wondering if this book isn't quite for me.