Unicorns Changed My Life
I really shouldn’t like this comic. There are at least a few reasons I could point to for that reaction that I should have had but didn’t. There’s the backgrounds (dots, fuzzy clouds and four strands of grass in a field, lazy things like that), the fact that I could see pencil lines poking through for some of the wording, and the fact that the cover artist was not the inside artist. Still, those sparse backgrounds worked, the pencil lines were few and far between, and again, the simple nature of the artwork worked just fine for this. It’s probably because he’s didn’t misspell a thing, that’s probably what gets him off the hook with me. Or the fact that this comic was just a pile of fun, and I wasn’t expecting that after seeing the cover. I figured grim, macho murder a’plenty, but that wasn’t the case. Things start off here with an odd cast of characters in what appears to be a support group: a centaur, a harmless ghost, an archangel, a grigori, somebody who was once the leader of Iris (whatever that means, and if you’re going to put a “*” in your dialogue please don’t forget to follow up on it), and our hero, the first vampire in the world. He was basically just born with one giant tooth, but that still got him chased out of town. He had to hunt to survive, and once he started hunting unicorns he got immortal life. There’s more, including a really fantastic ending, but I don’t want to blow anything. If this all sounds grim, trust me, it’s not. There’s a smart-ass vibe running through this comic that elevates it to something more than the usual fare. I’m not saying it’s the best comic in the world, as it’s still plenty raw, with at least a few easy fixes for the next issue to make it better. Still, it was fun, and that counts for a lot. $1
