Logan Faerber’s art on ’Namwolf is fine. He’s got a lot of cartooning chops, which works for the setting–the Vietnam war–and he also knows how to keep the action going. Maybe if Fabian Rangel Jr.’s script were stronger. It’s a bland war comic with a gimmick. Faerber can do a lot to cover the bland, but not enough to pull ’Namwolf out of mediocrity.
Logan Faerber’s art on ’Namwolf is fine. He’s got a lot of cartooning chops, which works for the setting–the Vietnam war–and he also knows how to keep the action going. Maybe if Fabian Rangel Jr.’s script were stronger. It’s a bland war comic with a gimmick. Faerber can do a lot to cover the bland, but not enough to pull ’Namwolf out of mediocrity.
CREDITS
Writer, Fabian Rangel Jr.; artist, Logan Faerber; colorist, Brennan Wagner; letterer, Warren Montgomery; editors, Tracy Marsh and Eric Powell; publisher, Albatross Funnybooks.
Not all of Doc Unknown is terrible. Ryan Cody’s designs are pretty good. The series feels a little noirish, with a Killer Croc knock-off as the villain (his design isn’t good) but it feels somewhat retro. The hero, Doc Unknown, feels very Republic serial. And Cody’s art isn’t terrible. At times, the comic at least looks professional.
Sadly, it never reads professional. Writer and creator Fabian Rangel Jr. writes some really bad dialogue. It’s not even bad expository dialogue. He can’t even write a greeting well. He also likes splitting sentences between panels to show ironic turns of events.
It’s the pits.
He also goes for every cheap trick he can find–actually, I think it’s more of a Hellboy with superheroes knock-off than Republic serial. He should’ve hired himself a competent writer.
The backup, about a different superhero suffering depression, is pretty dreadful too.
It’s bad stuff.
CREDITS
The Museum of Madness; letterer, Ed Brisson. The Ghost & The Time Machine. Writer, Fabian Rangel Jr.; artist, Ryan Cody; publisher, Believe in Comics.