REVIEW: Mae #1

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.