A review of Hero/Villain |
| First Published: 2006 |
| Format: A6, Staple bound. |
| Number of pages: 10 |
| Age Rating: PG |
| Price: £1 |
| Availability: Purchase at the Willie Hewes comics. |
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Introduction As Willie writes on the first page, this is indeed a bit of fluff. Boy love to be precise. I call it boy love rather than yaoi, because it contains no sex, but indeed it does show some mouth to mouth action between the two bishies. So how did these two get together in the first place? Well it's simple really. Victor Valentine is the evil dude who captures some maiden in distress with the intention of sacrificing her. Then the hero shows up, and takes her place. What happens next you'll have to find out. ^_~ The story amused me. The bravado filled Villain is usually the comic relief as well, being that he acts much less tough behind the scenes whilst putting up a front that resembles Venger from Dungeons and Dragons in public. If you happen to like be partial to a bit of boy love you will probably love this, but not just for it's boy love element but also it's humour. Art & Design This comic is different from some of Willies other comics in style. It still retains some of her trademark stylisation but there are some differences such as eyes with pupils. This in some ways is an improvement over some previous comics because this makes her characters more alive than before. They move more, and have better facial expressions than before. Overall I think the artwork in here is probably better overall than Amaranth, because some of the standardisation of backgrounds which I mentioned before has taken place. All the background images are inked, and some are toned, and the effect is much better overall than before and looks neater. Lots of manga style background management techniques are also used to good effect here. Overall then storytelling is still as good as ever, whilst improvements in artwork make this a fun comic to read as well as to look at. |
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---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ALL IMAGES COURTESY OF WILLIE HEWES. Review by Wayne Hallows |