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mistled's review
3.0
Next Town Over is a western where one of the main characters is some sort of fire magic user and the other seems to be straight out of a steampunk setting. The latter is chasing the former from town to town, leaving constant destruction in their wake.
I quite liked the art style. It's no Blacksad, but what is? It is different from what you get from most comics, especially online comics, which this is.
What is interesting about this book are the two main characters. Everything else is typical western, but when one of your characters stars igniting things with a flick of his wrist, you have my attention. Add in a woman who seems to be able to blacksmith a horse back to life (!?) and I start forgiving things I wouldn't otherwise in the interest of seeing how these two forces of nature interact. And forgive you need to.
The story here is pretty weak. The woman chases the outlaw from town to town, pretty much catching up with and shooting him each issue, the town somehow gets the brunt of the whole thing, and he escapes. Over time, we learn that they know each other, and the woman isn't simply after the bounty on his head. Their interactions are interesting in that they constantly reveal things about themselves that do not fit in the western they find themselves surrounded by. Put them in Marvel's superhero filled NYC and it would be dull. But in the wild west where magic equals witchcraft? It works pretty well.
Overall, I am interested in the characters, but would like the plot to move along. But you can read it for free online, so you might as well check it out.
I quite liked the art style. It's no Blacksad, but what is? It is different from what you get from most comics, especially online comics, which this is.
What is interesting about this book are the two main characters. Everything else is typical western, but when one of your characters stars igniting things with a flick of his wrist, you have my attention. Add in a woman who seems to be able to blacksmith a horse back to life (!?) and I start forgiving things I wouldn't otherwise in the interest of seeing how these two forces of nature interact. And forgive you need to.
The story here is pretty weak. The woman chases the outlaw from town to town, pretty much catching up with and shooting him each issue, the town somehow gets the brunt of the whole thing, and he escapes. Over time, we learn that they know each other, and the woman isn't simply after the bounty on his head. Their interactions are interesting in that they constantly reveal things about themselves that do not fit in the western they find themselves surrounded by. Put them in Marvel's superhero filled NYC and it would be dull. But in the wild west where magic equals witchcraft? It works pretty well.
Overall, I am interested in the characters, but would like the plot to move along. But you can read it for free online, so you might as well check it out.
noysh's review
3.0
Mehlos art is gorgeous and the story at hand is fun, but I couldn't shake the feeling that everything was just put there to be knocked over by the protagonist and the antagonist's reckless and wanton destruction. I get that was part of the joke, but after the first couple of towns, it started to feel a little repetitive.
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