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Ringside, Vol. 1: Kayfabe by Nick Barber, Joe Keatinge

bengriffin's review

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3.0

There aren't many wrestling comics as far as I'm aware so I had to give this a try, and it was pretty good. It feels more like a crime story with a wrestling background though but, with that said, the wrestling is pretty integral to it (particularly for understanding the characters) and I'm not sure how big the appeal would be to non-fans. I read it as singles so I'm sure I'll get more out of it when I read the trade, but it was an interesting setting and different enough from anything else I've read recently.

francomega's review

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3.0

Ex-wrestler gets caught up in some bad stuff. Issue One ends on a bad note, making it look like this is going to be a testosterone-ride revenge story, but then the main character is immediately knocked back down to earth at the beginning of the next issue. There's some good character exploration, but the volume ends with another turn that doesn't leave me wanting to read more. We'll see.

I'm not a fan of the art either, which is a pretty big deal considering the format.
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