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A review by dembury
Space Boy Volume 1 by Stephen McCranie
3.0
The artwork in "Space Boy" is really pleasing to see; it's got a kind of Jetsons vibe to it without being cheesy. Everything about the art just flows so well, and all the elements (colors, facial expressions, settings, palettes) feel cohesive with the storyline and each other. The general idea of the story is intriguing: a young girl and her family are frozen and sent 30 years away from the space mining colony they have lived on their whole lives, and now are readjusting to life on Earth.
However, after the initial setup, I feel like the story kind of becomes one big set up/prologue for the actual part "main" part of the series. Reading just Vol. 1 here is fairly unsatisfying because it answers no questions. It definitely feels like only 1/4 of a book, which can work in some cases, but "Space Boy" is 250 pages and I came out of it feeling like I didn't read much. I'll probably check out the next part of the series, but I'm really hoping it gets a lot more into the meat of the story!
However, after the initial setup, I feel like the story kind of becomes one big set up/prologue for the actual part "main" part of the series. Reading just Vol. 1 here is fairly unsatisfying because it answers no questions. It definitely feels like only 1/4 of a book, which can work in some cases, but "Space Boy" is 250 pages and I came out of it feeling like I didn't read much. I'll probably check out the next part of the series, but I'm really hoping it gets a lot more into the meat of the story!