Air Space is a light-hearted, borderline vapid comic
aimed at children. The art is rather charming, and
the panel flow looks rather inventive; however the
numerous splash pages are a tad annoying and over the
top. A lot of the pages have huge panels and it makes
it seem kind of amateurish. The art is a mild manga
form, and while it fits the story, Im not all that
hot on it.
When I read the blurb of what happened in the first
paragraph I thought "Wow this sounds pretty cool," but
as I read further the book just kept going downhill.
This issue is a poor sci-fi revamp of The Wizard of
Oz. I adore The Wizard of Oz. When the Tin Man
character appeared on the page I was amused, but as it
went along it wasnt loyal enough or original enough
to be anything more than mediocre.
The characters arent developed enough due to the fact
the Dos Santos is trying to blend them to the Wizard
of Oz character mold. The characters come off as
shallow and snippy. I appreciate trying to gear comics
to both children and adults, but this book fails to
hit the crucial combination that makes it enjoyable
for someone over the age of twelve. Its kind of
cute, but I wasnt all that impressed with the book as
a whole. If you want a light fluffy book, you might
want to go to and take a look at
Air Space.