12-19-2012, 02:23 PM
Okay, after couple of issues, I am quite liking this. Nice art by Lopresti, and the story has been quite decent. Nothing special, but rolls well enough. The gemworld is a cool setting, quite much more "childlike" in visual concept, but this is still regular sword & sorcery fantasy and the pointy ends go into the bad guy.
Beowulf is cool (it's seemingly postapocalyptic future setting that has been reverted to medieval trappings, Beowulf is a super soldier, there are "iron trolls" that are in fact Waynetech war drones, so there's some DC Universe hints dropped) in concept, but the story has not been gripping me. Beowulf the character is a proper jerkass, and a maniac, though.
3/5 Saunas for Amethyst, 2/5 for Beowulf. Amethyst is worth a read, and Beowulf comes tacked on to it, so there's no reason to read that one too.
Beowulf is cool (it's seemingly postapocalyptic future setting that has been reverted to medieval trappings, Beowulf is a super soldier, there are "iron trolls" that are in fact Waynetech war drones, so there's some DC Universe hints dropped) in concept, but the story has not been gripping me. Beowulf the character is a proper jerkass, and a maniac, though.
3/5 Saunas for Amethyst, 2/5 for Beowulf. Amethyst is worth a read, and Beowulf comes tacked on to it, so there's no reason to read that one too.
This is not the Spanish Announcers Table! Very immature! He spilled my diet soda!