“Flee #1” By Raphael Moran & Marc Borstel & Ed Watson Review

Bug Exterminator, Rigby Pinkerton, is one of the biggest losers in the world. His ex-wife left him penny-less and now he’s stuck at home living with his plastic surgery obsessed Mom. His life suddenly gets more complicated when he unwillingly gets caught in an intergalactic war that literally crash lands into his backyard. He’s the only one that can stop a deadly alien swarm and help a lone alien hero save the universe. Too bad Rigby has better things to do… like fawning over the hot new single mother that moved in next door.

Before we start this review I need to admit here that the only reason why I read this comic book was because it was free on amazon for my kindle. So I decided to get it and give it a shot to see if I liked it or not. If you are interested in hearing my thoughts about this comic book then keep reading. 

The concept of this comic book involves an ambitious sci-fi narrative and give trues to five us a sense of adventure and intrigue which it fails to do. 

The way to concept it told to us makes the whole comic book feel like it lacks coherence and direction of any kind. 

The storyline itself in this comic book feels very chaotic which made it pretty difficult for me to be invested in plot or follow the narrative of this comic book.

The characters in this comic book are introduced to us without any form of depth, development or personalities. Which if you know me, you will know that I absolutely hate when the characters are shallow and one-dimensional without any form of backstory or personalities.

The main character as well as all of the side characters in this comic book lack clear motivations and distinguishing traits which made it impossible for me to care about the their journeys throughout this comic book.  Which doesn’t help with me being engaged in the comic book.

The artwork in this comic book has some good moments, but for the most part the artwork really struggles to convey the story effectively. The artwork a lot of times is very cluttered and is very inconsistent. Which only added to my confusion in this comic book. 

This preview tries to give us the themes of adventure and survival. Which in reality are very underdeveloped and unexplored. The potential for thematic richness exists, but the disjointed storytelling prevents these elements from resonating effectively with picky readers as myself.

So will I buy and read the full version of this comic book ? I don’t think I will. The main reason behind this is how poorly this preview was very uninteresting for me personally.

I Give This Book 1 / 5

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