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A review by eoghann
A Distant Soil, Vol. 1: The Gathering by Colleen Doran
1.0
I recognize that A Distant Soil is a highly significant comic book for several reasons including its self-published status and having same gender couples as prominent characters. And so for those reasons I would probably recommend that people read this for themselves.
Unfortunately at least for me, this doesn't have much else to recommend it. I like a lot of Colleen Doran's artwork, but not this early stuff. I find it too stiff and cold and a lot of the characters faces are very samey.
To make matters worse the early sections of the book contain some major info-dump portions without nearly enough in the way of character building. The end result unfortunately is I just don't care about these people and what they're doing.
There are some interesting ideas being thrown about in here but they just didn't keep my attention. There are some Arthurian references going on which will probably appeal to some, but I grow increasingly tired with Arthurian myth being thrown into anything and everything.
It's entirely possible that later volumes better justify the praise this series receives, but based on this volume, it's doing nothing for me.
Unfortunately at least for me, this doesn't have much else to recommend it. I like a lot of Colleen Doran's artwork, but not this early stuff. I find it too stiff and cold and a lot of the characters faces are very samey.
To make matters worse the early sections of the book contain some major info-dump portions without nearly enough in the way of character building. The end result unfortunately is I just don't care about these people and what they're doing.
There are some interesting ideas being thrown about in here but they just didn't keep my attention. There are some Arthurian references going on which will probably appeal to some, but I grow increasingly tired with Arthurian myth being thrown into anything and everything.
It's entirely possible that later volumes better justify the praise this series receives, but based on this volume, it's doing nothing for me.