The Others 1

Short Review: You know that thing that isn't good? This is it, baby.

So, once upon a time, Jim Valentino invented a collection of characters who were, basically, humanoid animals, and wrote them into his Image series, Shadowhawk. And, when Santa gave him his own line inside Image proper, he tried to spin them off into their own comic. Shortly thereafter, he decided to give it to others, and let them reproduce the comic. The copyright and full rights to the comic stays his, of course, since this is Image (Motto: "Marvel taught us so much more than just Art swipes!")

So, this comic happens. Except, since this is Image, if you've missed issue #0, you'll start in a fight scene. But maybe issue 0 started in a fight scene; this one has the feature of having one at both ends, so it might be a story restriction imposed by Jim Valentino, to keep the kids coming back. Anyway, we have the collection of animals, fighting in their community below Antarctica. There's humanoid versions of insects, lions, insects, and, well, babes. The main female characters on both sides are members of the "Long legs, huge breasts" club, with the good one having no animal characteristics at all. ("She's recessive!" claims the letter column, "She's really part-skunk! Look, there's a streak of white in her hair!" I'll alert the SPCA to Lily Munster, then. )

The thing that strikes me most about the silliness going on is how much you have to ignore to get the story anywhere near believable. The Main villain is called Mongrel, for pete's sakes, and his grand vizier (who gets him made acting king via mind control) is a snake called Thrall! And there's the matter of the prejudice against all things human being suspended for the Skunk-babe. It's in general ridiculous, and the art, which is quite nice for that sort of thing (gratuitous babes excepted), cannot save it.