Introduction

Attic was Dock's or Hayden Scott-Baron's first ever manga comic from way back in 2001. Sweatdrop was only a glint in his eye when this comic was finished. The front cover even bears a Deadpanda Manga logo, because it was printed before Sweatdrop Existed. The comic still exists in it's rare printed format, but It can also be read for free on the Sweatdrop website.

Attic is a dark tale of an English police detective who becomes obsessed with a past child abuse case he was involved with. The girl kills her abuser and runs away. Even though it was five years ago it still preys on his mind.

One day he spies the girl in a news broadcast and goes in search of her.

As I say the story is dark. Be prepared for Adult Material.

Art & Design

This comic is from the beginning of Docks manga career; therefore the comic itself differs from some of his more recent works in terms of quality.

A lot of Dock's artistic skill is quite evident even though it seems raw in places and lacks his current refinements. It was also produced by hand, with pens and hand applied tones rather than the tablets and computer toning he uses today.

Despite the raw nature of this first comic it still looks fairly good, and the darkness of the story is complemented well by the effective atmosphere generated by the backgrounds. The end product comes together rather well.

Add to the fact that it's free to view on Sweatdrop and you have a winner, it's really worth looking at.