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A review by pizzamyheart
Scooby Apocalypse, Volume 1 by Keith Giffen
3.0
Interesting. In short, it's Resident Evil staring the Scooby Doo characters. There are parts I enjoyed, and parts that dragged. I don't love it (yet), but I'm curious to see where it goes.
First, these aren't your traditional after-school Scooby characters. They are much grittier. They have anger issues, they have insecurities, they have love interests. It's more adult than the traditional cartoon, but not too mature for teens.
There is a lot of dialogue in these issues. It becomes overwhelming and could be toned back. It makes it difficult to get into. Still, I charged ahead because I love Scooby Doo and was curious.
I was going to give it 5 stars for originality, but the plot copies nearly every resident evil/post-apocalyptic plotline in the book. Still, the introduction of Scooby, Shaggy, Velma, Fred and Daphne gives it an interesting twist. It could be the start of something interesting, but it does need some work. Mainly: less dialogue, faster pace, more of the original scooby traits we know and love. A little more progress in the story. (After the first few issues, Daphne's bossy attitude and Velma's insecurites have grown old. There are 5 characters, plus the disaster, plus the enemies/monsters. Start developing those). I thought the story would be much farther than it is. Still, I'm interested to see where it goes.
First, these aren't your traditional after-school Scooby characters. They are much grittier. They have anger issues, they have insecurities, they have love interests. It's more adult than the traditional cartoon, but not too mature for teens.
There is a lot of dialogue in these issues. It becomes overwhelming and could be toned back. It makes it difficult to get into. Still, I charged ahead because I love Scooby Doo and was curious.
I was going to give it 5 stars for originality, but the plot copies nearly every resident evil/post-apocalyptic plotline in the book. Still, the introduction of Scooby, Shaggy, Velma, Fred and Daphne gives it an interesting twist. It could be the start of something interesting, but it does need some work. Mainly: less dialogue, faster pace, more of the original scooby traits we know and love. A little more progress in the story. (After the first few issues, Daphne's bossy attitude and Velma's insecurites have grown old. There are 5 characters, plus the disaster, plus the enemies/monsters. Start developing those). I thought the story would be much farther than it is. Still, I'm interested to see where it goes.