FRAGGLE ROCK #1 (OF 4)

Review by: akamuu

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Writer: Heather White, Katie Cook & Jeffrey Brown
Artist: Jeff Stokely, Katie Cook & Jeffrey Brown
Cover: Jeff Stokely & Jeffrey Brown

Size: pages
Price: 3.95

When I reviewed Muppet Show #1, all three iFanboys called me out on my declaration that “I wanted the characters to look like the characters from the show, and not the weirdly alien-like cartoons that they are in this book”. Their opinion was that if the comic renditions were too close to their felt counterparts it would be off-putting.

They were right.

Jeff Stokely’s art on the main story is a dead-on representation of Fraggles, and I…I don’t like it.  Technically, it’s very well done.  While I didn’t enjoy his art, it is very detailed, and, again, super true to the television show.  Lizzy John’s colors are fucken breathtakingly well-done.

But, at the end of the day, I preferred both Katie Cook’s and Jefferey Brown’s art for adding their own style to the characters.

Storywise, this issue seems pitch perfect.  I haven’t seen a Fraggle Rock episode in fifteen years, but the writing in all three stories feels right.  Heather White has a great grasp of the characters’ voices, and for the way Henson always had each of the Fraggles overcome their personality flaws (Gobo’s impulsive, Wembley’s a pussy, and Red is a bitch) in every episode.

Both Cook’s, and Brown’s stories were also really amusing Fraggle antecdotes.

I’m not sure if I am going to continue reading this series, which is no fault of the creators.  I really want to support as many of the kids’ comics coming out as I can, but, sadly, when it comes time to pick comics at the end of the night, the kids’ stuff always gets shoved to the bottom of the stack, and rarely read.

Story: 4 - Very Good
Art: 4 - Very Good

Comments

  1. Did anyone get a copy of this in their store?  My LCS didn’t have it.

  2. Man, we had sixty copies on Wednesday.   Maybe our chain got every copy?

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