Blackbird Summer

Gorgeous artwork kept me reading even though the story premise so far is lackluster. Willing to give a few volumes a go but have a strong feeling this won't get any better.

The gorgeous graphics in this are the only reason why this is 2 stars and not 1. It was another confusing story and while I was interested in Nina, our main character, at first, that interest sort of fell away because (to me) she felt like she was constantly moving between emotions and character motivations a bit? And I'm not trying to sound like it's Nina's problem, because I think it was probably me that just didn't connect with the characters. At all.

As much as I didn't connect with the characters, it was also the plot that really put me off. I felt that they just shoved us into the world in like, mid-season of the series and we're forced to play catch-up with everything.

I liked the magic they showed and definitely how the magic and magical characters were shown through the illustrations. Maybe if they had more focus on the magic, I would have been more into the book?

Good, very good. Entertaining story. Can't wait to pick up the second.

I really enjoyed, Blackbird Vol 1. I will continue to follow the series, as it is released.

Blackbird Vol. 1 was a decent comic. It is visually well put together. The story is interesting but I felt it was rough and flat in sections. More detail could be added to flush out the characters and back stories. Substance abuse was represented in the story, but that did not feel authentic. “I need my pills. I need my pills.” Then now what? It felt as if it was a side note, and not a major part of the characters life. As the issues progressed, the story and writing became better and more coherent.

The visuals were very well put together. Often when looking at the page it seemed like the colors would pop out at you and start blinking like a neon sign would. The character design and aesthetics had a manga vibe for me which was interesting. Over the top and over saturated. I will be looking into the next issues to see what happens with the characters if I happen upon the books. Otherwise I might give future reading a pass.