Review – Drifter #1 (Image Comics)

November 12, 2014

2 minutes

Drifter01_Cover - Copy Publisher: Image Comics
Writer: Ivan Brandon
Artist: Nic Klein
Release Date: 12th November 2014

Drifter seems like it could be my next favorite sci-fi book, but there were a few things that made it hard to fully immerse myself into the story. The story revolves around one character Abram Pollux, a name that you do not get until the last few pages of the issue. Abram is the pilot of a ship that crashes in a strange land. When he first awakens from his crash a creature to which he is not accustomed is hovering over him, he and reacts with violence only to find a second creature present. Upon realizing they were not a threat and that he himself has a severe injury he is then approached by an unknown figure that shoots him in the back and flees. Pollux after being shot the second time mentions that he deserves his fate, so who is he and what has he done, that he feels he deserves death? Pollux wakes in a bed restrained and being treated by a medic who also is the local authority. The story introduces a few characters here and there and then leaves you with a startling discovery.

The story in itself is new and has the makings to be a great sci-fi tale but there was something in the dialogue between characters that made the story hard to get fully into. I’m not sure if the wording was just off or the editing department took a vacation before it went to print, but a few times I found myself reading word bubbles over and over and still unable to get the proper tone or information from what was being said. A few of the conversations seemed unnecessary or didn’t particularly pertain to the story, causing further confusion. That being said I have no major quarrel with the artwork. The landscapes and environments are fantastic and definitely are something I could picture in a sci-fi film and the characters are highly detailed and very distinguishable from one another. Nic Klein brings his A-game to this comic and it makes for some beautiful visual story telling. So even with the minor problems in the dialogue I still am curious to see where Drifter will go, so I’m still on board for issue 2.

Rating 3/5.

The writer of this piece was: Shane Hoffman (aka “Hoff”)
You can also find Hoff on Twitter.

Drifter, Image Comics, Ivan Brandon, Nic Klein, Review

3 responses to “Review – Drifter #1 (Image Comics)”

bob

December 11, 2014 at 12:35 pm

To the reviewer of this article, I must say that you must be pretty dense. You snarkly blame the editorial department and the writer but I found the dialogue easy to read and had actually no problem discerning the dialogue between characters or the plot of the story.I think you sir must be thick and should not take it out on the review of this comic.

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1. Anonymous
  
  December 19, 2014 at 8:18 pm
  
  Nah he’s right. The dialogue was confusing at points. Lot’s of people agree. Although I’m sticking with the book.
  
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2. Bjango Damango
  
  March 13, 2015 at 2:28 pm
  
  To the writer of the above post, I must say that you must be pretty dense. You snarkly blame the review and the reviewer but I found his points honest and on the spot, and having read this comic book I’m inclined to agree with them – pretty art, but lack of real substance and poorly handed script. I think you sir must be thick and should consider a career in agriculture instead of writing lame scripts such as the one on this book, because with such nice art it could be a great comic book, if only it was written by someone competent to the task.
  
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