Comics: One Beer Too Many

Illustration and Story by: hazardous-bastard

Ink Jinks Comics
(2/5 ★★☆☆☆)

The Plot:

The guys from Ink Jink's Overrated are back. This time, a birthday celebration for Zane is being prepared by his step-brother, Kyle. However, issues on being adopted hinders Zane from celebrating.

The Good:

A lot of improvements was seen in this comic in comparison to Overrated. Mostly these are the illustrations and the speech balloons. The speech balloons can be seen to have been used accordingly. One does not need to try and guess who speaks this line and which line was said first. This is a great improvement in this comics.

The Bad:

Amidst those improvements, the characters were a bit hard to identify. Personally, I just realized that the barista's name was Zane, contrary to what I said in my review of Overrated that his name is Dan. In addition to that, Zane was drawn like David "Dave". Thus, it was a bit confusing determining who is the character. It would have been ideal if an intro page where the characters were introduced was presented first.

The Verdict:

This is a great improvement from the one that is really overrated. The story was simple and nice. However, it lacks a few things that could make us like this comic even further. This could have been brought about by the confusing character names and their role in the story as continued on from Overrated. One Beer Too Many may need a little more improvement to further get more readers to love it.

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Comics: Overrated

Illustration and Story by: hazardous-bastard

Ink Jinks Comics
(1/5 ★☆☆☆☆)

It's the cover of this comic that prompted me into buying it. Add in my desire to try out other artists' works that are showcased during Komikon.

Frankly speaking the story of Overrated is messy. The only clear thing that I can grasp is that a group of friends met up at the bar where Daniel Roberto, usually referred to as Dan, works as a barista. They came to meet up after 1 year of David's death.

I found the other dialogues to be confusing as some text bubbles aren't clearly placed as to who said it. For the illustrations, I would say it also needs improvement. At some point, one would wonder why Dan is the only one with the black hair. I think some pages weren't fully utilized since some large blank spaces can be seen in some areas. It is also recommended that the artist personally draw some of the images used. It just doesn't look good after it has been photocopied.

Overall, I got disappointed with this comic. Neither the story nor the illustration had at least been strong enough to tell the story. I really do hope for improvements with the future works from this artist.

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