The Stop Button

I really don’t understand Hinterkind. Is it a spin-off of Fables or is it just highly derivative of a series from the same publisher? Oh, it’s different… it’s not fairy tales. It’s just fairy tale monsters inhabiting a future Earth after some catastrophe sets humanity on the brink. There are animals in the now reclaimed by nature New York City, for example, and little well-read teenage hunters to hunt them.

Is Warner Bros. really this desperate to compete with The Hunger Games? There’s even the girl lead with a male best friend. It’s a pitiful attempt.

Ian Edginton’s script isn’t bad, it’s just unimaginative and one rip-off after another. The bad part is the art. Francesco Trifogli can draw New York City with a bunch of trees everywhere and a settlement in Central Park, but his people are beyond lame.

And the monsters?

Don’t get me started.

CREDITS

Once Upon A Time…, Chapter One; writer, Ian Edginton; artist, Francesco Trifogli; colorist, Cris Peter; letterer, Dezi Sienty; editors, Sara Miller and Will Dennis; publisher, Vertigo.