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A review by slowbollard
Head Lopper Volume 1: The Island or a Plague of Beasts by Andrew MacLean
3.0
I don't think I'll continue with this series. There wasn't anything that struck me as special or new, the art was weird, the characters cliche. I guess it had a sort of style that bumped it up to three stars, but it's not exactly my kind of style. Norgal had his amusing moments, but without any history or motivations, he fell flat for me. Agatha (the witch head) was the most 'fleshed' out character, and she was mostly a prop so I don't think that was intentional.
I think where I realized that this wasn't a well thought out slow burn is when a dead king gets to tell his tale of woe and how he was murdered for revenge by the 'bad guy'. The king had been a raging, maniacal jerk, so I sided with the 'bad guy'. The king totally deserved some killing. And then Norgal killed the 'bad guy' and I was like 'are you trying to be ironic? Are you trying to create gray areas? Uh, nope, pretty sure none of this was intentional.' and I slogged through the last few pages.
I think where I realized that this wasn't a well thought out slow burn is when a dead king gets to tell his tale of woe and how he was murdered for revenge by the 'bad guy'. The king had been a raging, maniacal jerk, so I sided with the 'bad guy'. The king totally deserved some killing. And then Norgal killed the 'bad guy' and I was like 'are you trying to be ironic? Are you trying to create gray areas? Uh, nope, pretty sure none of this was intentional.' and I slogged through the last few pages.