Story
and Art: Gene Ha
Color
Assistance: Rose McClain
Letters: Zander Cannon
Review: Art Bee
Each
year we see just a few new comic titles hit the comic book shelves that have
great staying power: titles like Saga, The Walking Dead, Manifest Destiny, etc.
These kinds of great stories kidnap our families and hold them for ransom;
meanwhile we spend months determining if we want the story or families more.
Just kidding. Of course we don’t want to give up the story. Do you think I am some
kind of crazy person?
It
has been a few weeks since my feet have taken me to my LCBS due to foot
surgery, so I swing myself on my crutches into the store and start thumbing
through the thick stack of floppies. Behold! something new stares at me in the
form of Mae #1. The cover sells the comic all by itself. It features the
sisters, Mae and Abbie, fighting an evil sword-toting cat/gremlin creature, and
this does happen in the comic book. How many times have you seen a comic cover
depicting something other than what happens in it? Please don’t answer, because
I am not. This should not even need a discussion.
Having
not read anything of Gene Ha’s before, this was just phenomenal. Everything
between the covers is just eye-candy. The story has a great momentum and
develops naturally. This tale is centered on the older sister, Abbie, having
found a portal to another world, to which she escapes for fun and adventure . .
. a lot. At the start of the story Abbie has been gone on an adventure for
eight years when she decides to jump back into the lives of her sister, Mae,
and their father.
The
artwork found in this comic book is a narcotic for the eyes. Once they get a
dose they will need more on a regular basis, so be looking to fork over $3.99
each month to your local drug dealer, also known as your LCBS. I can almost
state for a fact this will be my Comic of the Year pick for the Hammies, so be
warned. The artwork is great, but the color tones are the true essence of the
artistry. They not only set the tone of the scene but convey the its feeling as
well.
This comic is hands down a winner. Check it out
and hop on board. Amanda Conner even got her name in it by doing a pin-up at
the end. I don’t see her doing that often. This is one you want to be in on at
the start. Trust me.
