Budding Crisis Issue #4 Review
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Okay… Budding Crisis is a totally random historical-fantasy fiction comic book series by MK Reed, Jonathan Hill, and Allie Drake. But at least the art is consistent, and the primary themes in each chapter still revolve around the magical Onamanthe plants. Sort of.
I wrote in the review for Issue #3 that readers simply need to move past the previous chapter and not expect a lot of connection in the next one, but I’m having a hard time doing that myself. I want to know what happened to the trio in the last chapter during their wild goose chase for the mysterious Onamanthe plants. What are Bert and Petra from Issue #2 up to? But since I was also curious about what happened to the guy who got turned into a snake in Issue #1… I finally get that answer here.
Titled The Patients, Chapter 4 of Budding Crisis follows Jonas as he struggles to find a way to turn Commander Opfic, now a healthy, bright pink snake, back into a human. The creators also introduce a new world of wrestling, with Jonas becoming friends with a wrestler who gets him access to a clinic known for healing all kinds of wounds with magic. Maybe the doctor there could turn the snake back too?
How is this series supposed to be only five issues? There better be multiple volumes coming out afterward, but given how fragmented and random the chapters are currently, it’s no wonder there isn’t a lot of buzz over Budding Crisis. Honestly, though, the art is fun, and the magical story holds a lot of promise. I just wish the creators had focused on fewer characters and delivered a sharper plot.
With only 25–30 pages in each issue, it’s going to be a near miracle if they manage to bring all the chapters together in the fifth issue, which is set to be the final chapter in the series. If they do achieve that, I’ll give the final chapter a 5 out of 5. But for now, it’s 3 stars from me.
Rating: 3 on 5. ‘Budding Crisis’ is on Kindle Unlimited.
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