Illustration and Story by: Jake Vicente
Rated: OT / Older Teen Ages 16 +
Ink Jinks Comics
(4/5 ★★★★☆)
(4/5 ★★★★☆)
"The streets was never been safe. Cars, buses and trucks hail in the morning. But at night, comes the hunter of the dark, the Aswang.
A creature that feeds on the flesh and sips the blood of it's victims.
Now with the creature wrecking havoc in town, it's up to Sean Razor and Kevin Wolf to stop the creature of darkness."
The strange title caught my attention which eventually led me into buying this comic. Although the cover art might not be that attractive, its title will get the attention and make a reader wonder what the story of this comic might be. Even though the cover art of the comic already gives a hint of the subject matter and what we should be expecting from the story.
The art of the comic is good. However, there are still some things that needs to be improved on such as getting the right proportions for the face of the characters at the different angles being focused. There's also the minor detail of being consistent in drawing the characters that must be carried out all throughout the comic. This is seen through the character of the owner of the bar "Tourniquet". I just noticed that in the lower leftmost panel of page 6, the character is drawn without any facial hair that is contrary to the ones drawn on pages 6 and 7. In the editing of the comic's text, I guess there were minor errors that might have escaped the eyes of the creator. These are seen in the synopsis written at the back cover of the comic, wherein few grammatical errors can be seen.
The story starts and ends with a victim of a creature famous in Filipino folklore due to its habit of eating an individual's internal organs, the Aswang. The story revolves around Kevin and Sean, who are now musicians after leaving their dark history of previously being involved in credit card fraud. After seeing the remains of a man with his guts ripped out of his body, they had an idea of what is happening in the town. They had thought of the creature to be an aswang, in which they say it usually nests in the north but somewhat has found its way into living into town and preying upon its citizens. From there, they conjured up a plan on how they would be able to capture the said creature.
In this first issue, there's just a small detail that I can't grasp. That's if Sean and Kevin are experienced in doing this "Aswang Hunting" or are they going to do it for the first time after seeing the remains of a victim it has preyed upon. In their conversations in a diner, it is a bit vague if they only know the normal whereabouts and biology of an aswang or they also had a first hand experience and dealt with it in the past. In general, this comic looks a bit interesting, I just wonder how the story would go in the next issue.
More of the creator's works can be seen at:
Facebook Page: "Estranger"
More of Ink Jinks Comics can be seen at:
Facebook Page: "Ink Jinks Comics"
