Special Preview! Romance comics have an outdated and cheesy stigma about them, but once they played a large role within comic history. Within the third phase of the golden era (1948 to 1954) comic readership was at an all time high, read by both men and women, and romance comics were one of the five genres that kept comic readership diverse. In an attempt to bring more diversity back to comics, Arcana is proud to present the Amour Anthology!

Let me start this review by saying that this one is just a preview for the entire comic book. And I read it because I wanted to see if the full comic book was worth the money and time I would spend on it. And I’m gonna give you the answer for that at the end of this review.

I need to admit here, that this comic book was one of the pure trash I had read this year, and I had quiet a few comic books this year which is on that list. 

This preview struggled a lot making an positive or good impression on me personally. Because there is so much things I hate about this preview. 

The story of this preview feels very disjointed and lacks clear direction to where the plot here is heading towards. Because of this aspect of this preview it is very difficult to engage with the characters or the plot.

The writing in this preview comes across as very muddled. The dialogues in this preview feel very unrealistic and the same thing can be said about the characters in this preview.

The pacing of this preview is very uneven, because it is either very very slow, slower than a turtle or the pacing sprints throw the scenes in full speed.

The artwork in this preview fails a lot to elevate the narrative or provide the visual clarity needed to at the very least draw me personally into the plot of this preview. 

The panels of this preview feel very cluttered and at times confusing, which further detracts from the overall reading experience.

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