A review of Mango Milkshake |
| First Published: 2005 |
| Format: A5, Staple bound. |
| Number of pages: 24 |
| Age Rating: U |
| Price: £2 |
| Availability: Purchase at the Sweatdrop Studios website. |
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Introduction Welcome to Mango Milkshake, a story set in Romford, London, in the present day. The story is centred around a young woman named Ronso, basically just your average city girl living on her own in a flat. With snotty relatives, large puddles, cheating boyfriends, and the local hooligans all being her adversaries in life, not to mention being skint into the bargain. Things aren't easy for Ronso.But after a trip to the market she finds this thing called the path stone, but not caring too much about its supposed legendary properties, she swaps it for some jewellery, not having got enough money on her to pay for it. Ronso takes the path stone home, will it forever change this young ladies destiny, or will it just be a dead weight on the table? You'll have to read the comic to find out.
Art & Design The art in this comic is very good overall, from characters to backgrounds. There are very few if any real errors at all, and like most manga artists Stephanie Drewett has her own distinct style of drawing which looks pretty good anyway, and this combined with some CLAMP style minimalisation makes for some good eye candy.Characters are expressive and Stephanie definitely knows how to portray expressive characters. The little yobs look as cheeky as they should, and Ronso's reactions to their pranks are portrayed in a similarly effective fashion. The design element of this comic is also quite good, panel layouts are easy to follow and make sense. The dialogue is for the most part well thought out although some bad language could alienate some younger readers from reading this comic. I feel also that later in the comic events unfold a little too quickly, and perhaps could have done with a few more pages. Really this comic should have been done over 30 pages rather than only 24. But apart from a few things as stated above this comic really is very good, I enjoyed reading it, I hope there is more to come in the future.
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---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ALL IMAGES COURTESY OF SWEATDROP STUDIOS, & STEPHANIE DREWETT. Review by Wayne Hallows |
