Reviews

Night Hunters by Dave Baker

frasersimons's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

A retro cyberpunk comic, both in plot and aesthetic, set in a futuristic Venezuela where most people are incarcerated, it’s a police state, and there’s open warfare between the police—the last lucrative job available to the average person—and street gangs. It’s a pretty standard setup. 

When two boys are ushered home by their father as the city is going into lockdown, a surprise raid happens and the family is ripped apart, with the boys being set on opposite paths that collide as the story unfolds. 

All expression of identity is regurgitating rhetoric that’s found around the favelas and it’s mostly all frenetic action, but it’s not brainless fun only, which I appreciated. Though, I will say I love the art and the action sequences look fantastic. Every panel is high contrast and gritty, with the paper being an interesting choice. It’s not matte and feels, again, very old-school. It does sometimes wash out the colour, but most of the time it does augment the artwork and palette. And the feel allows for it to distinguish itself further. 

I really liked the ending and had this been a bit more substantive I think it’d have reached to a 5 star heights, but it is necessarily simplistic and so boils down to a really fun ride that reiterates trodden ground in the sub-genre.

venaticflipper's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0