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Wildcats, Vol. 1: Street Smart by Travis Charest, Scott Lobdell, Joe Casey

lunchlander's review

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3.0

The writing here is typical Lobdell, which is to say mediocre at best, but the art is phenomenal.

pmileham's review

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3.0

While I'm happy to see the names of both Scott Lobdell and Travis Charest adorning this book, I don't think anyone should get their hopes up. I won't argue that Charest's art is incredibly beautiful and dynamic, but of the six issues collected here he does the full art for issues one and two, then only about five pages of each issue afterwords. It's really unfortunate he couldn't keep up with a bi-monthly schedule even. Scott Lobdell does quite a nice job taking this book in a different direction. The main "team" of characters are only around each other in pairs, if that. Each hae gone their separate ways, yet their stories are still woven in to each other. I'd give the collection a higher rating if only Travis Charest could have stayed on the ball with the book full-time.

shadowagentzero's review

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adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

blairecee's review

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1.0

Travis Charest's art is lovely when he's not supplanted by a variety of capable but much less pretty back-up artists. The premise of the narrative is interesting but progresses in an extremely haphazard manner, in no way assisted by Lobdell's tin ear for dialogue. I only read this because I wanted to get all the background info before Joe Casey's run, and it was a passable but fairly poor use of time overall.
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