Oblivion Song, Chapter One by Robert Kirkman

   Kirkman, the man responsible for at least one excellent apocalypse (Walking Dead, for the uninitiated) is back with another. This time on a much smaller scale, he spared the world and partially obliterated the one city that one might argue is ripe for fictional obliteration. And he has done so through science.
   While no one may know why his dead walk the earth, the reason the spectacular megafauna of Oblivion works, is because someone somewhere goofed up while messing with parallel dimensions. Now it’s here, it’s wild and its hungry.
     Most people who were able to get out, did so ages ago, some remain trapped in the (play the theme song) danger zone. And then there’s one man deadest on saving and bringing out as many people as possible out of it, a man driven by a desperate desire to find his deadbeat brother he believes might still be alive in there. Nathan, a man of secrets, the most devastating of which you don’t find out until book two, so stay with it.
       Which brings us to the next question…should you stay with it? For me, it’s a yes, because I enjoy apocalyptic fiction, graphic novels and creature features. It isn’t a super excited jump up and down on the couch yes, because it isn’t all that original or all that engaging and I don’t care for the art…and also couches are just not meant for that sort of abuse.
      The art might be the main drawback here…bum dumtz. It’s weirdly offputting, weird faces, weird angularity. It’s perfectly serviceable and, unlike his zombie books, got technicolor on its side, but it leaves a lot to be desired. But overall, it just never enters the greatness territory, though it makes itself comfortable with just good.
       Am I reading more? Absolutely. Because it’s there and I am interested enough. Stay tuned for reviews of volumes two and three.