Evil Ernie #1 from Dynamite Entertainment - As origin stories go, this one was serviceable
but not remarkable. The plot was easy enough to follow and the writer does not
insult the readers’ intelligence by over-explaining or filling in all the
details, but he didn’t break any new ground either.
As far as the character of
Ernie, I never read the original Chaos Comics series by Brian Pulido and Steven
Hughes, but I know that his initial origin involved Lady Death who was also a
Chaos character back then. Since she is currently owned by Boundless Comics,
Jess Blaze Snider had to rework the story without her.
The opening sequence
needed to be expanded a little, I would have liked to see more of a transition
as the father was apparently possessed by a demon. I actually had to re-read
that before I got it, and I’m usually pretty quick on the up-swing.
As for the art, though it was decent, I found it to be a
little inconsistent at times. In some of the tight panels, I wasn’t entirely
sure what I was looking at. And when some of the characters were shown from odd
angles, I had a hard time telling them apart.
Overall Evil Ernie # 1 was a fast paced read that didn’t really sell me
on a second look.
Story & Art 5 stabs out of 10.
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