A review by stilldirty
Ghost Projekt, Vol. 1 by Joe Harris, Steve Rolston

3.0

Really, I give this ★★★½, but don't want to round it up and just give it 4. This was enjoyable and entertaining, but, for me, the "ghostly" aspects of it were a little ineffectual; they just never came off as very spooky, and seemed employ probably the wrong kind of ambiguity that's appropriate for spooky storytelling. Regardless, it's pretty well-tailored, and had a good mood and overall feel to the visual narration and cultural details. Last "but": the art didn't lend itself to the story. It seemed a bit too light, or clean, or something that basically made the spookiness seem watered-down, or juvenile, despite the mature dialogue, which makes me feel it's almost aimed at youth-ish age groups, but cuts itself off from the younger groups simply because there's an... "odd"... moment when the lead female is "acceptably" nude (read: carefully covered, but basically necked). I don't regret this book at all—I do like it—it just made me feel like giving a more honest review instead of the "hands-down, too-awesome-to-give-it-less-than-★★★★★ because it's a new favorite" type of review. This book is simply "good," and I would read "Volume 2," (at a very discounted rate to be worth my time and money) even though I don't believe this will ever make a series. Last thing, the glow-in-the-dark cover was a very nice touch.