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A review by vivekrs
Postal Volume 1 by Matt Hawkins, Bryan Edward Hill
3.0
Postal is about a postman who has Asperger's. He lives in Eden, a town full of criminals who are part of a community which essentially treads on a knife's edge. His condition leads him to be curious and observant and soon enough, he is solving crimes. I am trying hard to remember an investigator of any sort being a normal person in popular culture. They all have a condition. Some are sociopaths, some have a drug problem, others have a past they want to run away from or it's Asperger's as in the case of Mark here. Maybe Perry Mason was the last perfectly fit detective, unless Erle Stanley Gardner hid a line about something contrary to it in one his million books.
Anyway, it was difficult to feel for any of the characters. Even though it is set in a town made of people with a criminal past, some of the revelations about their pasts is quite tough to believe. The story does have an eerie mood around it and I am guessing the subsequent books will have something stronger to hold on to. However, I am undecided as to whether I even want to read the next volume.
I quite liked the artwork by Isaac Goodhart, even though it doesn't take much by way of comic book art to please me. All in all, not too disappointed, but not thrilled to bits either.
Anyway, it was difficult to feel for any of the characters. Even though it is set in a town made of people with a criminal past, some of the revelations about their pasts is quite tough to believe. The story does have an eerie mood around it and I am guessing the subsequent books will have something stronger to hold on to. However, I am undecided as to whether I even want to read the next volume.
I quite liked the artwork by Isaac Goodhart, even though it doesn't take much by way of comic book art to please me. All in all, not too disappointed, but not thrilled to bits either.