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A review by tobin_elliott
The Displaced by Ed Brisson
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.5
Gotta say, a story about the very town I was born and raised in disappearing off the face of the Earth? I was excited as all heck for this one.
And initially, that excitement was maintained with the reasonably accurate portrayals of my very own local environs. I knew pretty much all the locations.
However, the excitement began to wane when I realized that this story could literally, with some redrawing, have been placed in any city on the planet. There was nothing that screamed "This could only have happened in Oshawa!"
It's a rather generic, rather directionless story with a punchline that we saw coming by the second issue.
Only okay.
And initially, that excitement was maintained with the reasonably accurate portrayals of my very own local environs. I knew pretty much all the locations.
However, the excitement began to wane when I realized that this story could literally, with some redrawing, have been placed in any city on the planet. There was nothing that screamed "This could only have happened in Oshawa!"
It's a rather generic, rather directionless story with a punchline that we saw coming by the second issue.
Only okay.