A review by kribu
Doctor Who: Free Comic Book Day 2018 by Giorgia Sposito, Arianna Florean, Rachael Stott, John Freeman, George Mann, Mariano Laclaustra, Nick Abadzis, Christopher Jones, Jody Houser, Marco Lesko, Carlos Cabrera
3.0
I should say, to start with, that I'm a relative stranger to comic books. I've read some (mostly various Disney things featuring various ducks and mice), but it's never really been a medium I've felt terribly interested in - didn't really grow up with them, I suppose.
I'm trying to change that, though, not the least because I'm just so hungry for any Twelfth Doctor content I can get my hands on that ignoring an entire medium would not be a great idea. So this free comic book day issue (also out as a free ebook, yay, for those of us who don't actually have a participating comic shop nearby) featuring Ten, Eleven and Twelve short stories was a nice way to make a proper start.
Anyway. The stories were ... short. LOL. I think my favourite of the three was the Tenth Doctor one - not my favourite Doctor, not by a long shot, but it was a nice little self-contained story which got a few chuckles out of me and flowed pretty well. The Twelve & Clara story, which I was most curious about, started off well (and I liked the artwork better) but ended so abruptly I had to page back and make sure I hadn't missed anything. And the Eleven story was... interesting idea, but I sort of managed to lose interest before it was over, which is quite an achievement for a six page (or something like that) comic.
Overall though, it did serve the purpose of making me want more. Not more Ten or Eleven stories, necessarily, but I'm now quite looking forward to more, anyway!
I'm trying to change that, though, not the least because I'm just so hungry for any Twelfth Doctor content I can get my hands on that ignoring an entire medium would not be a great idea. So this free comic book day issue (also out as a free ebook, yay, for those of us who don't actually have a participating comic shop nearby) featuring Ten, Eleven and Twelve short stories was a nice way to make a proper start.
Anyway. The stories were ... short. LOL. I think my favourite of the three was the Tenth Doctor one - not my favourite Doctor, not by a long shot, but it was a nice little self-contained story which got a few chuckles out of me and flowed pretty well. The Twelve & Clara story, which I was most curious about, started off well (and I liked the artwork better) but ended so abruptly I had to page back and make sure I hadn't missed anything. And the Eleven story was... interesting idea, but I sort of managed to lose interest before it was over, which is quite an achievement for a six page (or something like that) comic.
Overall though, it did serve the purpose of making me want more. Not more Ten or Eleven stories, necessarily, but I'm now quite looking forward to more, anyway!