| Simpsons Comics #107 Posted on January 22, 2006 | ||||||||||||||||
 What's
a precedent? If you don't know what a precedent is then you're
lucky I didn't say what's 'a verbis ad verbera'!Some of you smart pants might know what both of the above terms mean (the second is in Latin) which will slightly enhance your reading pleasure while exploring through Simpsons Comic #107. Just so you know, they are legal terms! This issue contains a great cover art, it connects to the storyline which I rate highly when it comes down to presentation and it would have the average individual predicting it would be something about the legal system. The narration lifts off when Homer takes over Gil's Law degree and practise, with this, Homer is left to take on cases that are still outstanding. At length, one of The Simpsons bewilders into trouble with the law and Homer, with little assistance, is left to defend in court. Not many stories would have a whole comic based on the court system or even in the court room. Originality here (some will always disagree) is considered but not enough to save it from a linear approach where other comics in the series mark better. Where presentation is concerned, the comic is not all that bad. It contains an essential cover art that is well-done, ad's are present but, again, wouldn't limit your experience of picking up this issue and everything feels in working order. I do have to mention, this issue does suffer from distributor errors, the sides on the right where the cover has been cut is slightly shorter when compared to the whole comic. This leaves the sides of white pages showing moderately when the comic is closed. It might not have happened to all comics, but it's present and needs noting in-case others endured the same fate. However, this issue compensates for minor errors where all boxes are in place and nothing else contributes to the damaging incline factor. There is nothing worse then opening a comic book and viewing poorly drawn images of the characters... Don't worry, not this time round, the comic has another factor in terms of colour density! Graphics! This is an exceptional example of how monthly comics should be drawn, great character consistency and it really makes the story much more enjoyable. What happened to the colours? More then half the time nice bright colouring and inks are used but quater of the comic suffers from really dark use of shades. Most of the score was lost there! Maybe it's the style of how Bongo wanted the comic to look or just me being picky, but while comparing other bright complex colours used in this issue, you can't help to think why wouldn't you make it default! The write up needed just a bit more substance... Storyline is solid indeed. When the comic commences, a fair few one-liners are used, but really does nothing for you. Few legal terms in Latin are present but can be seen as both 
a good or bad thing, it did help accumulate a gag. Considering
the tone and set for this issue is around the court and legal
system, most, if not all (a few exceptions) legal jargon is not
present which makes the comic that much more understandable.To the credit of the story, the laughs do lift off... Surpassingly, all the way to bring the score up. In every aspect, the comic marks up pretty well, nothing in this publication is disappointing, considering I reviewed this 3am at night, it still managed to stop me from falling asleep. Just, the story needed to take some risks which it failed to do so, but all is well in The Simpsons world and it stays true to it. It's a solid release for a monthly issue but not as good as previous comics in the series.
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