Love Town #0
1First Comics 2018
Written by John Yuan & Matthew Yuan
Illustrated by John Yuan
Digital Shading by Matthew Yuan
Love Town is a city built upon a foundation of corruption, violence and greed—where millionaire celebrities rub shoulders with ruthless gangsters and scheming politicians, where the figurative magic of the silver screen competes with the literal magic of the streets. Magic is the siren’s song that lures so many to their doom. Whether it’s the quick fix of a back alley spell to make you stronger, faster, smarter...or a customised charm from the hands of an oriental prince, magic always has a price. And in Love Town, nobody has paid a higher price than The Infected. For these vampires, werewolves and ghouls suffer from the only known disease that renders them both less and more than human.
I do rather appreciate the zero issue because it’s a great way to introduce us to a series and get a bit of the explanations out of the way so that the first issue can right down to business. I am rather intrigued by this one even more so after reading it, several times I might add. There is very much a kind of noir feel to the book and with the gangsters and crooked politicians that feels right then by adding in the magic and supernatural creatures it elevates the story into something else entirely all the while remaining Noir.
The way this is structured is nicely done and we do kind of start off in the middle of what’s going on. It’s been two weeks since Detective Saxon was turned into a vampire now she’s with Subs who is a Captain and asked for her specifically. The explanation for this and what their relationship is going to be is all kind of played out with this issue. I like that we get something of an explanation as to why these two will be working partners and how that’s going to work. It isn’t at all what I or Saxon was thinking but hey that’s a great thing as it’s keeping me on my toes.
Now the interiors took me a few pages to warm up to. This kind of style isn’t usually something I go for but I will admit that it fits the style of the story incredibly well. The black and white work is inherently Noir and the strength of the linework is bold and understated at the same time which honestly I didn’t think was possible. I always want to see more attention to detail but it doesn’t feel that it’s the right thing here and the imagery that is produced is more than sufficient. The utilisation of the page layouts and how we see the angles and perspective in the panels shows off a great eye for storytelling. Backgrounds are in the same category as the attention to detail here and it’s weird that I find myself incredibly attracted to this by the end of the issue so well done for changing my opinion.
The characterisation here is incredibly strong and clear in defining who the characters are. Who’s in charge and what roles they are supposed to play. I think that if there is a major mystery to be solved in the coming issues that will just keep raising the intrigue factor here. We kind of have one started here but it doesn’t feel all that big to me so I cannot wait to see what it is that the boys are going to be bringing us.
This is a surprisingly strong story that weaves through the pages with excellent pacing and characterisation. It is all wrapped up in this interior artwork that’s stylised perfectly for the story and genre that we see.
1First Comics 2018
Written by John Yuan & Matthew Yuan
Illustrated by John Yuan
Digital Shading by Matthew Yuan
Love Town is a city built upon a foundation of corruption, violence and greed—where millionaire celebrities rub shoulders with ruthless gangsters and scheming politicians, where the figurative magic of the silver screen competes with the literal magic of the streets. Magic is the siren’s song that lures so many to their doom. Whether it’s the quick fix of a back alley spell to make you stronger, faster, smarter...or a customised charm from the hands of an oriental prince, magic always has a price. And in Love Town, nobody has paid a higher price than The Infected. For these vampires, werewolves and ghouls suffer from the only known disease that renders them both less and more than human.
I do rather appreciate the zero issue because it’s a great way to introduce us to a series and get a bit of the explanations out of the way so that the first issue can right down to business. I am rather intrigued by this one even more so after reading it, several times I might add. There is very much a kind of noir feel to the book and with the gangsters and crooked politicians that feels right then by adding in the magic and supernatural creatures it elevates the story into something else entirely all the while remaining Noir.
The way this is structured is nicely done and we do kind of start off in the middle of what’s going on. It’s been two weeks since Detective Saxon was turned into a vampire now she’s with Subs who is a Captain and asked for her specifically. The explanation for this and what their relationship is going to be is all kind of played out with this issue. I like that we get something of an explanation as to why these two will be working partners and how that’s going to work. It isn’t at all what I or Saxon was thinking but hey that’s a great thing as it’s keeping me on my toes.
Now the interiors took me a few pages to warm up to. This kind of style isn’t usually something I go for but I will admit that it fits the style of the story incredibly well. The black and white work is inherently Noir and the strength of the linework is bold and understated at the same time which honestly I didn’t think was possible. I always want to see more attention to detail but it doesn’t feel that it’s the right thing here and the imagery that is produced is more than sufficient. The utilisation of the page layouts and how we see the angles and perspective in the panels shows off a great eye for storytelling. Backgrounds are in the same category as the attention to detail here and it’s weird that I find myself incredibly attracted to this by the end of the issue so well done for changing my opinion.
The characterisation here is incredibly strong and clear in defining who the characters are. Who’s in charge and what roles they are supposed to play. I think that if there is a major mystery to be solved in the coming issues that will just keep raising the intrigue factor here. We kind of have one started here but it doesn’t feel all that big to me so I cannot wait to see what it is that the boys are going to be bringing us.
This is a surprisingly strong story that weaves through the pages with excellent pacing and characterisation. It is all wrapped up in this interior artwork that’s stylised perfectly for the story and genre that we see.
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