Simpsons Comics #102
Posted on July 12, 2005 |
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This
comic is not as bad as the poor quality review icon on the left
is.I must say, I am very impressed with the cover art for this issue. It relates to the story and it's drawn very highly! You can see real effort has gone into producing the front cover. Kudos to the Bongo group! The story blasts off on the subject of Waylon Smithers falling into an exploding control panel. With Waylon out of the picture, Mr. Burns is left to find a new assistant to aid him in his search for treasure. Homer and his kids (yes, good to see they include Maggie) become Mr. Burns' new assistants. This story may seem like your typical treasure hunt tale that has been done before and has nothing new to offer, it's not! It contains one very important element, a Simpsons twist. A lengthy tale that shows the many essential items needed in a good story necessary to create and build the foundation of a good enjoyable adventure into the unknown. The presentation of this comic is excellent. The cover by itself shows that this story is filled with risky venture and the possible search for valuable gold with a twist of horrible evil (literally speaking about Mr. Burns of course). Which indeed it is. The comic does contain advertisements, which is no surprise since the majority, if not all comics, contain them. The ads are put at the very start and end of the issue not interrupting your enjoyment of the story. Boxes are perfectly in place which is to be expected and no errors seem to be present. There was only a minor problem with the visuals in this issue, which lost a flyspeck amount of clarity in a few places which hindered the comic only very slightly. Nothing major at all, I like to pick on a few prospects which could have been improved. The graphics in this publication took upon a style of drawing very much similar to the TreeHouse of Horror comic series. The old style shading illustration gives the comic a whole adventure type atmosphere, which is very detailed and contains bright colours. Although the graphics seem all positive, it does have flaws. A minority of characters are not drawn as well as they could and should have been. Again, with the characters and backgrounds, they lose clarity with the type of drawing style adapted.  This
can be a good and bad part of the graphics, but compared to
other stories using this style, potentially it could have been
better. The story seems to drag on. While you're reading and waiting for the comic to finally lift off, it does not take long before it lands again. It is an enjoyable chronicle with a few jokes, puns and hilarious references which enhances the storyline, which makes this tale a worthy read to the end. It's the type of narration where its expected to be a little bit boring and dull, but it's The Simpsons and there is little they can't turn into humour and I feel that it could have been better executed. Recommended for readers who love a good treasure hunt adventure and no doubt this comic portrays elements of a great frontier. If you get bored easily, then maybe reading another issue will do you good.
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