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A review by kittyg
FBP: Federal Bureau of Physics, Vol. 1: The Paradigm Shift by Robbi Rodriguez, Simon Oliver
1.0
This is a graphic novel I picked up from the library and I am so glad I did because it means I spent nothing on it. This book is not for me in any way shape or form. It was dull, boring and certainly not brilliantly drawn or thought out. The story is surrounding a good idea, but it becomes convoluted and messy quickly meaning that it's not only hard to follow what's happening but it's also quickly uninteresting.
This is a story about the FBP which is the 'Federal Bureau of Physics'. In this world we see that the science of the world has been breaking all the rules humankind thought they knew and since there have been so many issues and problems with it all, there's been a need for an FBP to be created in order to try and fix all the problems.
Whilst I liked the idea I felt that the art style, bright on some pages, dark on others, neutral on some and vibrant clashes on others really didn't feel even remotely cohesive. I constantly felt that the artwork was too rushed and frantic or too dull and neutral. I never felt that the balance was right or that the story was caught by the art style well enough to make me want to keep going.
There's a lot of mindless violence and gore within this that didn't feel genuine or needed. I felt as though it had been shoe-horned in for no reason.
I didn't like that there were some moments which felt seriously dull and boring and other moments which were highly scientific and theoretical, making it both too mind-numbing for it's obviousness and aloofness in various parts of the story.
On the whole this was just bad. Bad art, bad story and an annoying read all around unfortunately. I doubt I will be picking up anything more by this author or artist team and I'd not recommend it, there's a lot of much better graphic work out there both for art and story.
This is a story about the FBP which is the 'Federal Bureau of Physics'. In this world we see that the science of the world has been breaking all the rules humankind thought they knew and since there have been so many issues and problems with it all, there's been a need for an FBP to be created in order to try and fix all the problems.
Whilst I liked the idea I felt that the art style, bright on some pages, dark on others, neutral on some and vibrant clashes on others really didn't feel even remotely cohesive. I constantly felt that the artwork was too rushed and frantic or too dull and neutral. I never felt that the balance was right or that the story was caught by the art style well enough to make me want to keep going.
There's a lot of mindless violence and gore within this that didn't feel genuine or needed. I felt as though it had been shoe-horned in for no reason.
I didn't like that there were some moments which felt seriously dull and boring and other moments which were highly scientific and theoretical, making it both too mind-numbing for it's obviousness and aloofness in various parts of the story.
On the whole this was just bad. Bad art, bad story and an annoying read all around unfortunately. I doubt I will be picking up anything more by this author or artist team and I'd not recommend it, there's a lot of much better graphic work out there both for art and story.