Weekend Bookshelf: Dragon Age Comic #1

As part of WarCry's ambition to meld games and books, we have brought on board a new reviewer, Bobby 'Chilyn' Travis. Working in partnership with Gamr, we're pleased to bring you a review of the first Dragon Age comic that hit store shelves earlier this week. Read on!

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I found a few niggling things that bugged me in the comic but, overall, I really liked it.

Going for pure aesthetics, I love the quality of the paper on which the comic is printed. It's heavy gauge and glossy. This gives it a classy feel right from the get go.

The story is very good and I do want to know more, that's for sure. The artists leave a lot of clues about what's coming up. I like that and it certainly makes me a definite YES for buying the next issue.

Yet as much as I like the story, I don't like the art style. It is, as you mention, way to "cartoony" feeling for me. The expressions on the faces of the characters at the beginning of the book look like they've just sucked on lemon Warheads complete with pinched up lips and mouths turned askew. That look alone really bothers me. Maybe it's just me but it really stuck with me even as I became engrossed in the story. Guess I'm just shallow. :P

And, lastly, the comic story runs 22 pages with 10 pages of ads at the back. WTF? The only good thing about that is that I knew exactly where to stop reading and which pages I should skip.