Bomb Queen Book One: The Good, The Bad & The Lovely
Published by: Shadowline/Image Comics |
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Reviewed by Sidra Roman
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http://homepage.mac.com/jimmykitty/BQ_index.html When I saw this book in the comic shop, I looked at it and thought cheesy bad fun. Well, I was right on one part, and unfortunately, it wasn't the fun. Bomb Queen is about a villainess who has killed all her competition and assumed dictatorship of her city-New Port City. This I have no problem with. I typically like books with well done villains. This is not a well done villain. And it's not even the fact that she's irredeemable. It's the fact that she's flat and boring. Bomb Queen comes off flat and vulgar. It's hard to get me to say something is vulgar, but this comic is. It's not overly vulgar. I just see little point to the rampant swearing and pointless boobies. I guess you could say, I'm not really the target audience for this book. The art is very well done in the book. I have absolutely no problem with that. Both stories have different styles of art. The first one is more traditional comic book art while the second is closer to a DC animated cartoon art. Production and quality aesthetics are not what is lacking here. What is lacking here is a purposeful plot. The comic appears to be trying to straddle the line of actual comic book and wank book without being fully either. I think it would be better if they went one way or the other with it. I'm not picky about which way. If you like mindless with partially bared breasts, this is a book for you. If you like actual plot and compelling characters, stay away.
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