Black Science, Vol. 1: How to Fall Forever

Black Science (Single Issues) #1-6

by Rick Remender, Matteo Scalera (Artist), Dean White (Colorist)

Anarchist scientist Grant McKay has done the impossible! Using the Pillar, he has punched a hole through the barriers between dimensions, allowing travel to all possible universes. But now Grant and his team are trapped in the folds of infinity, the Pillar sending them careening through a million universes of unimaginable adventure, sanity-flaying danger and no way home...
Presenting the first mind-warping chapter of the critically acclaimed sci-fi epic by superstar creative team of writer RICK REMENDER (Uncanny Avengers, Captain America) and artist MATTEO SCALERA (Secret Avengers).

Collects BLACK SCIENCE #1-6.

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Science Fiction, Graphic Novels Comics, Fiction, Comic Book, Fantasy

152 pages, Paperback

First published May 28, 2014

About the author

Rick Remender is an American comic book writer and artist who resides in Los Angeles, California. He is the writer/co-creator of many independent comic books like Black Science, Deadly Class, LOW, Fear Agent and Seven to Eternity. Previously, he wrote The Punisher, Uncanny X-Force, Captain America and Uncanny Avengers for Marvel Comics.

Reviews

[Baba · Rating 3 out of 5]

It should be mankind's ultimate moment, but instead it's haphazard unplanned and erratic as Grant's Pillar enables travel along the Endoverse! A non-linear frenetic sci-fi tale as a few trained people, a couple of kids and an investor are hurled into a multiverse! With original art, interesting realities and multiple-arc storylines this should be a beaut for me, so why isn't it?

Don't get me wrong, it's a good read - but for me characterisation is very slow, if existent at all, and without it, how am I to have empathy with the human protagonists? Because that's my problem, like the olde world Colonialists feel of the protagonists, this group of people are causing havoc wherever they go, without a backward glance. Onwards to volume 2! 7.5 out of 12, Three Star read.
2019 read

[Patrick · Rating 4 out of 5]

This comic has a lot to love in it. Good action. Dynamic story. Cool concept. Dimention-hopping peril...

That said, this comic is a slow start for me because, ironically enough, they tried to start it fast. There's a lot of running around and jumping and moving through dangerous territory before I knew anything about the characters (let alone formed an emotional attachment) or understood the situation they were in.

The result was... well... kind of a lot of sound and fury signifying nothing.

That said, once there were about a half-dozen flashbacks that clued me in, I really started to enjoy it. And as the story progresses, it has actually managed to genuinely surprise me once or twice.

It's very action-heavy. So if that's a turn off for you, you might want to avoid it. But I just ordered the rest of the series based off this first trade. So it has hooked me in pretty good...

[Anne · Rating 3 out of 5]

My kid made me read it.
I say that because this isn't my sort of thing. And by that I mean, a whole group of unlikable people, doing unlikable things...in a sci-fi setting.
Will anyone emerge unscathed?!
Eh. I don't know.



My kid, and a lot of my friends here on Goodreads, thought this was the best thing since sliced bread. <--which is really quite a convenience when you think about it. I mean, can you imagine how annoying it would be to literally slice off every piece of bread you need to make a sandwich? As a mother of 4 sandwich eaters, that would have a huge impact time-wise on my mornings! Not to mention the problems people like me have with getting the thick/thin ratio just right!
I'm rambling, aren't I?
sighs
So. I wasn't as blown away by the concept of a bunch of people leapfrogging through time/space/dimensions/whatever all willy-nilly. Maybe the second volume gets better, or more in depth, but I just didn't know enough about anyone to give two shits when/if they died.
And several of them died. Oh, they died.



Honestly, I thought with a name like Black Science this would be darker. What I mean is, the beginning leads you to believe these guys did something evil to end up in this situation, but as the story progresses it becomes evident that the whole thing was kind of an accident. And, yeah, the main scientist and the corporate guy are both douchebags, but it seems like neither of them are evil douchebags. Or maybe being cowardly and cheating on your spouse is enough to make most folks think they deserve death?



Anyway. My son thought it was great, I thought it was ok. So, depending on what you look for in a comic, this might be perfect for you...or not.

[Jeff · Rating 4 out of 5]

My son has one sure fire way of getting me to watch an anime series/play a game/read something – he’ll say, “Dad, you need to check this out; the characters don’t have any plot armor.” This means anything can happen to anyone. Anyone.

A machine has been created to allow people to visit alternate realities. It’s hoped that technological or medical breakthroughs can be found by exploring these different worlds. The series opens with characters on the run in a frog/fish world with Rick Remender effectively using flashbacks for further character scrutiny.

Two solid titles in a row from Rick Remender. Here he’s able to mix some familiar tropes (a saboteur, an unscrupulous department head, a little Lost in Space dynamic) with some interesting takes on the time worn concept of visits to alternate dimensions. And no plot armor!

Now I have something to recommend to my son.

[Jan Philipzig · Rating 2 out of 5]

Like his earlier Fear Agent, Remender's Black Science is a pulpy and fast-paced sci-fi adventure infused with war, western, and horror elements. Also like Fear Agent, it revolves around a flawed male protagonist trying to redeem himself by overcoming alien threats and reuniting with his estranged family. The personal drama of Black Science is far too formulaic to be engaging, though, and the book is thus ultimately all about watching our "dimensionauts" leap from one bizarre and nightmarish alien world to another - entertaining enough for a few pages, I guess, but rather pointless in the long run.

[Dan Schwent · Rating 2 out of 5]

Grant McKay and his Anarchist League of Scientists build a device called The Pillar and punched a hole into another universe, only to have a saboteur strike and damage the machine. Will they ever find their way back home?

Black Science is a Stargate/Sliders/Land of the Lost kind of comic. While that sounds great, I was fairly disappointed.

All the winning ingredients are here, concept-wise. Too bad none of the characters are anything special. I also didn't care for the art very much. I liked the core concept quite a bit and there were some elements that I liked but it ultimately didn't do it for me. The story felt like too much, too soon, like Remender was trying to cram in as much stuff as he could. It kind of felt like a Grant Morrison book where he throws a thousand barely developed ideas at you when it would have been fine to just get three or four coherent ones.

I think if a different artist had been used or things were slowed down a bit, I would have liked it more. Not my cup of tea but I won't begrudge anyone who enjoys it. Two stars.

Last thing - Why would a fish woman have boobs?

[Mir · Rating 3 out of 5]

You know that old tv show, "Lost in Space"? Well, this is like "Assholes in (interdimensional) Space," only no robot and the kids aren't perky.

It's also like the tv series "Sliders," only with assholes more drastic differences between the realities, so that some don't even have humans.

So I ought to be the target demographic because I like space and alternate dimensions and graphic novels, but everything I liked about this book has been done better elsewhere.

It was ok, though. I'm glad I finished (I nearly quit at the Evil Native Americans) because I thought the last section was an improvement: the characters got a little more complex and the final set of aliens were pretty original.

I had a mixed reaction to Scalera's art -- I like the scenery, but not the people. I think their exaggeratedly pointy and lined features and constantly tensed tendons were meant to be more "realistic" but to me it was ugly and distracting. Too many lines. In the (many) facial close ups I kept being distracted by the impossible noses. The colorist did a good job.

Was anyone else disturbed that Grant's teenage daughter and the colleague he was having an affair with looked so alike? I could barely tell them apart.

[Forrest · Rating 2 out of 5]

There really is no accounting for taste. This interdimensional scifi romp should have hit my sweet spot.

Alas, it got my attention, then disappointed.

All the gewgaws are there: intriguing aliens, other dimensions, laser pistols, all the stuff. The premise was promising, as well: Anarchic scientists travel through other dimensions and get lost in the midst of a million possible realities.

But the characters were awful. Rememder seems bent on showing us the worst of his characters, with very little to redeem them. I kept finding myself not caring if the characters lived or died. No, scratch that, I was HOPING that they would all die and someone who wasn't a complete douchebag or whiner would come along and give me someone to cheer for. Well, nope.

And, back to taste, the art was not to mine. It's not bad, by any means. I could never hope to draw so well. But I just plain didn't like it. And seeing that half of the term "graphic novel" refers directly to the visual presentation, Black Science: How to Fall Forever did just that - fell forever - in my eyes.

[Chad · Rating 5 out of 5]

I hate Remender's Marvel work but this book is the bomb. Intriguing story, great flawed characters. Matteo Scalero's art is pretty good but it's Dean White's painted art over it that really makes the pages sing. It's like getting 20 pages of old painted Sci-Fi book covers in each issue. You can't go wrong picking up this book.

[Sam Quixote · Rating 4 out of 5]

I was really, really surprised to find that Black Science was actually a pretty good comic because I’ve read Rick Remender’s Marvel stuff like Uncanny Avengers and Captain America and HAAAAATED them so much. Well, it seems his comics outside Marvel are the place to read good Remender!

But I’ll qualify that statement: I haven’t read any of his other Image comics (yet) so this might be a one-off, and Black Science is good in that it’s a brainless and very obvious – but entertaining – action/adventure sci-fi story. What it isn’t is original, layered, challenging or particularly deep on any emotional level. It’s on-par with Speed essentially, but, boy, watching that bus drive non-stop sure was exciting, eh?

Grant McKay, an “anarchist scientist” (read: nonsense), builds a dimension-hopping device called The Pillar – and it works! As Grant, his kids (!), his mistress, his security guy, and a couple others, along with his evil boss, the snarling, bitter suit Kadir, gather for a test flight, something goes wrong and they’re stranded in another dimension – and don’t know how to get home. They gotta keep jumping through the Eververse until they make it back. It’s basically Lost in Space crossed with Quantum Leap with some Sliders thrown in. See what I mean about unoriginal?

We’ve all heard Arthur C. Clarke’s quote about magic being science we don’t understand yet (more memorably paraphrased by the bodacious Chris Hemsworth as Thor) which is why I think we have that title: Black Magic = Black Science. But Grant calling what he does “anarchist” science is just silly. Political philosophy has no correlation with science on any level – science is empirical, politics is not. There are no “forbidden ideas” in science just knowledge we haven’t discovered yet. It’s an annoying detail that plays into the ridiculous obsession Image have with publishing comics starring “rock star” scientists from Nowhere Men to Chrononauts. We get it, nerds are in – but it’s so naff to pose like “I’m an anarchist scientist, yeah!”. Blech. For a comic starring genius scientists, it all comes across as quite dim.

The characters are all archetypes: the tough guy security chief, the villainous suit, the hot mistress, the angry, ignored kids, the father who just wants to do right by them - whatever! It doesn’t matter in this comic though because it’s all about the fast-moving story and the fantastical figures we come across. The frog tribesmen in one dimension, the Native Americans with robot suits fighting WW1-era Germans, and the Star Wars-esque aliens in the desert are the real focus as our cast have to survive amongst them.

The story is simple: each time they jump, they need to get something – fresh water for The Pillar, medical supplies for someone who’s hurt – before The Pillar jumps them to the next dimension, so it’s a bit like reading a video game with different missions for different levels! But therein lies its brilliance because the characters are familiar enough so you know their kind immediately so you’re more easily drawn into the swiftly-moving tale which Remender and artist Matteo Scalera manage to keep the pace up on. I did find the villain’s motivation for doing what he did incredibly weak but once again I’ll say that we’re not dealing with a very sophisticated plot: everything is geared towards throwing this group into one action/alien scenario after another, so it’s forgivable.

Remender effectively uses flashbacks so that they’re not intrusive or awkwardly in the way of the action but complements it, acting as breathers in between the excitement so it doesn’t wear you down reading too many Indiana Jones-type chase sequences in a row. They also develop important points in the overall story so it’s a more satisfying read.

Scalera’s art is excellent for the most part. My biggest complaint – and it’s the same for all of his comics – is that a lot of his male characters’ faces are much too similar. Their mouths, eyes and head shapes all look alike, especially those angular noses! Grant looks like characters from Dead Body Road and Indestructible Hulk. The female characters are hard to distinguish too with the mistress and the daughter looking disturbingly similar! Otherwise, the action is conveyed well and the alien landscapes are absolutely wonderful, especially with Dean White’s superb and vivid colours.

Black Science Volume 1 is an effortless, entertaining action/adventure comic that’s enjoyable for purely superficial reasons. It lacks a lot of things but makes up for it in simplistic fun – and sometimes that’s all you need from a comic.

[Sesana · Rating 4 out of 5]

I think this is the best thing that I've ever read by Remender. The science fiction trappings interested me, and much as I love superhero books, I'm always interested to see what the cape-free comics have to offer. The concept does, I think, owe something to the Fantastic Four, but it isn't a copy by any means. It seems like Remender looked at the sometimes dysfunctional relationship Reed Richards has to the rest of his family and turned it up a few notches. It's the relationships between the characters that really hooked me.

But yes, science fiction. In this case, reality hopping. Cool stuff. No, Remender isn't exactly coming up with elaborately original alternate realities, but they don't need to be in order to be exciting, and dangerous. The politics surrounding the reality hopping device is actually rather interesting, which I didn't exactly expect. I also didn't expect some questions to be answered so quickly. And by the end of this volume, I think it's safe to say that anything could happen, and there are no guarantees of anything. In an industry where status quo is king, that's kind of exciting.

The art is fantastic, too. It kind of reminds me of Mike Mignola's work on Hellboy, in a way. Dark colors, character designs that are somewhat abstracted but distinct from each other. Not a complaint, I'm a huge fan of Mignola's Hellboy, and the aesthetic really works for this book.

[The Lion's Share · Rating 4 out of 5]

The problem I find with Rick Remenders is that when he's going backwards and forwards in time through a story he doesn't tell you. He lets the artwork and script do the talk instead of saying "10 days ago..." Or "now" and I end up playing catch up trying to understand, which did happen a little in this. It makes it difficult to follow the story and figure out who is who when you're just flung into the story hitting the ground running!

All that aside, by the end of this volume I was hooked. It's basically 'lost in space', but better.

I'm looking forward to seeing where this goes.

[Michael Finocchiaro · Rating 3 out of 5]

Great artwork, but story was confusing and really hard to follow. Didn't really latch on to any of the characters. I will not be likely to read the other once in this series.

[Tom LA · Rating 1 out of 5]

A very well-deserved one star for this graphic novel.

When did it happen? When were comic book writers officially legitimized to think that juvenile and all-around bad writing was just fine?

(same applies to Hollywood screenplays, in fact)

A story is a STORY, why should you dumb it down or write it badly only because it’s a comic book and not a novel? This isn’t obvious to many.

I’m shocked that this is not a question that many ask themselves at all. The people who gave 5 stars to this infantile idiocy of a book are the main problem. Them and their education.

As for the art, as always that’s a matter of personal taste. I found the drawings too cartoonish and goofy. They reminded me of the old “Dragon’s Lair” coin op videogame. Too many pointy noses and extra-thin ankles didn’t allow me to feel the characters as real and alive, and the pages are often too messy to follow.

But the story, man, it’s SO badly conceived and so empty... so thin you can poke a hole through it with your finger. Any 12 yo boy would surely come up with something more interesting.

And the writer’s personal immaturity and penchant for blaming “society” and “them” for every problem transpires through the main character in a way that if you’re even 20 you’ll find absolutely unbearable (as many reviewers here actually did).

In short, you’ll find this book a real diamond if you are between the age of 6 and 12.

[David - proud Gleeman in Branwen's adventuring party · Rating 4 out of 5]

Dave's Quick Judgement -

THE DEFENSE
- Traveling through multiple alternate realities is a lot of fun.
- Very fast paced and imaginative.
- Main storyline is incredibly compelling.

THE PROSECUTION
- The characters are mostly one-dimensional.
- Bland dialogue at times. (When will graphic-novel authors figure out that just inserting the f-word into conversations doesn't make it any more compelling or mature???)

THE VERDICT
Even though the players are never quite as interesting as the events surrounding them, "Black Science - Volume 1" is still a fun and entertaining sci-fi romp!

FULL REVIEW TO COME

[Alice-Elizabeth (Prolific Reader Alice) · Rating 3 out of 5]

So I read Volume one of Black Science during a volunteering shift since it was a very quiet day for trade. This graphic novel has it all. The main theme is sci-fi adventure, but you get lots of other elements mixed in such as Horror and Military Western etc. The illustrations were pretty brutal and the storyline at times very confusing. What I was able to work out was it involved an estranged family and all the members trying to find each other. At this time, the series doesn't appeal to me as much as I would have liked.

[Donovan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Science fiction, adventure, drama, and while at first fun it manages to spiral into meandering chaos volumes later. What begins as an exciting premise attempting to supersede Remender’s earlier work Fear Agent (it doesn’t), the characters remain blockbuster archetypes in an aimless narrative, too many characters crowd the scene, and chaos itself becomes a cobbled theme to hold together what’s clearly falling apart. The great illustrations unfortunately can’t hold up this mess of a story. If you’re looking for a cohesive and well-written science fiction comic by Remender, check out Fear Agent instead.

[Artemy · Rating 1 out of 5]

For years I've struggled to get through the first volume of Black Science, but now I finally did it. It's a messy, messy book with very poorly defined characters, confusing artwork that doesn't help distinguish between said characters, and the omnipresent Remender narration that's so tiring, exhausting, excruciating that it kills any momentum the story struggles to gain. Even worse, it's never clear who exactly is narrating at any given time, and the source of narration seems to always change, and it's even harder to follow because, again, the characters are barely defined and their soap-operatic relationships with each other only confuse the whole thing even further. Damn, did this book annoy me. This is a prime example of what I don't like about Rick Remender comics, and it's honestly baffling to me how the guy managed to have such a prolific career and gain a cult following, all for writing such barely legible nonsense. This was just awful.

[Jyanx · Rating 4 out of 5]

Dark, and strange story about imperfect people trying to do their best despite the odds. Grant McKay is not a good person, but, at the same time, he isn't a cartoon villain. He makes mistakes, so many mistakes, but he doesn't really blame anybody else for them either. The plot is fast paced, and interesting, and I liked that I felt dropped in the middle, and gradually had the situation explained to me. It saved a lot of information dumping, or awkward exposition. The twists were nicely done, and I'm still not sure what's coming next. The art style isn't my favorite, but I cared enough about the characters, and the story to keep going. Can't wait to read more.

PS - I did love this #1 Hastings Variant by Greg Tocchini.

[Steve · Rating 5 out of 5]

I received this book from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

This was an INCREDIBLE read! I've never read anything by Rick Remender, but apparently he's well-known for his work on The Punisher, Fear Agent, and Uncanny X-Force. This is definitely one author that I will be following in the future.

The artwork by Matteo Scalera was very good, too, very crisp coloring and shading with black being used in a way to actually highlight the action.

The action is definitely what drives this story, with a back-story slowly revealed throughout, and office intrigue with illicit affairs, murder and sabotage. I don't know when the next volume comes out, but I'll be keeping my eyes peeled for that release!

[Jesse A · Rating 3 out of 5]

Slight upgrade in my rating. Still not in love with this. Just a bit more convoluted than necessary. I'll push on though.

[Wing Kee · Rating 4 out of 5]

Rereading and it’s still amazing!

World: What can I say about the art, it’s beautiful, it’s stylish, the colours are amazing, the framing is amazing, the stylish characters are emotive and full of personality. The splash pages are breathtaking. The art a fucking awesome. The world building is also pretty fantastic, think: sliders x lost in space x Lovecraft x twilight zone and you have an idea of that this world is. It’s not an original idea and some have done it before but the sure handed writing of Remender and the amazing are of Scalera makes this a thing all it’s own.

Story: The story is fantastic, the flash backs and the present and the sense of urgency is well done. The writing is solid and the pacing breakneck. This is a really well written book. The story starts of running and as I said the flashbacks are well done giving context and also a chance for readers breath and get their bearings. There are a lot of ideas tossed to readers in this first book but there is not a lot of info dumping but a lot of learn as you run for your life dumping. This first book is more than anything a character introduction and very clearly we see this cast of characters and the journey that they will embark on and it’s a pretty fantastical one.

Characters: McKay is a really flawed character and that makes for a really interesting dynamic to the story, he’s like Walter White, you want to hate him but at the same time there is a part of you that wants to be him and see him succeed. There are a lot of morally grey characters here and that makes for some wildly entertaining drama and potential drama down the line. I love the dynamic of Rebecca and her internal struggle, Kadir and his story, Chandra and her arc, heck I love all the characters. They are complex and given that how breakneck this book is it’s pretty great what Remender has done here in this first arc, made us care about these characters.

A bombastic and breakneck first arc that give us characters that we love and care about.

Onward to the next book!

[CS · Rating 5 out of 5]

Bullet Review:

Started out weird but by the end...whooooa!!!!

[Krysta ꕤ · Rating 2 out of 5]

multiple dimension stories are usually fun, but this was just confusing.

[Gavin · Rating 5 out of 5]

OK, it really seems like every time I pick up a Rick Remender book, I end up raving about how much I love it. This is not a surprise, he's really one of my favourites, and this book might push him up there beside Brubaker, and just shove Aaron to the side.

If I had to describe this to someone in one blurb? "Fear Agent meets Lost in Space crossed with Sliders and a dash of Angry Doctor Who"

Grant McKay has spent 10 years developing the Pillar, a device for travelling through the eververse (which is apparently onion shaped) which is the combination of every universe ever. The theory is that every time every single person makes a decision, there's a new "verse" that exists, so it's infinite as well. WHOA. That's some deep shit. It's also tied to Carl Sagan's belief that humans are all distinct and individual, no matter how many hundreds of billions of galaxies, each of us is unique.

I could write forever just based on the possibilities that provides us, but I'll keep to topic if I can...
So Grant builds this machine after 10 years, mostly abandoning his family, even though he's managed to father 2 kids and has a wife. He's banging his female lab partner (no surprise), and his marriage is more or less dead.

The project is financed by a figure who doesn't appear, but is represented by Kadir, a rival of Grant's from college days. Kadir is the easy villain here, along with his sycophantic assistant, Chandra. He's jealous of Grant, but hates his egotism at the same time. He's banked on Grant failing, but when he succeeds at the Pillar, it kinda throws Kadir for a loop.

A lot of this stuff comes in the form of flashbacks, that actually work by sticking to points about character relationships, not stupid details no one needs.

Other characters include Grant's kids, Pia and Nate; Rebecca, the mistress/lab partner; Shawn, the sycophant for Grant and tech guy; Ward, a security/military man who was a pariah for his involvement in certain actions, but is trusted fully by Grant; Jen, another lab girl who designs the Logo for the Eververse (the Onion looking black thing on the cover) and other more secondary characters we run into.

There's a very interesting dynamic in the group, with Kadir and Chandra representing "the Man" and the Dr. Zachary Smith character on Lost in Space. Ward is strong, and loyal to Grant because of the faith he showed when no one else would. Shawn worships Grant's mind and abilities. Rebecca is in love with him but hates that he won't leave his wife (Sara).

The most interesting wrench thrown into this? Someone has sabotaged the Pillar, so it is making random jumps to unknown places, and staying there for random intervals of time...they're falling through the Eververse forever, and with no idea how to get home, or even how to survive from threats external and internal. On top of that? As Jeff puts it so well in his review, no one has "Plot Armour". This means it's like Mr. Martin and Game of Thrones...no character is safe, and we actually do see some die, and not just secondary ones! That adds a degree of importance, and urgency to the proceedings, when a character you attach yourself to might not be making it out...and I think it's all the stronger for the willingness to kill people off.

One of the biggest surprises, is that Grant and his gang are not the only ones who can travel through the eververse, and there are some other people chasing after them, who the will have to deal with as well.

As with most Remender work, this man writes characters so well, and real, and gets the voice right on them all. No one is wholly evil or good, and no one escapes damage.

I'm super excited to get the next volume of this, because it's a fantastic adventure, and page turner. I think this needs to get added to the make a movie of this list...alongside Fear Agent and other Remender works...so good.

This is the kind of fun sci-fi romp that most of the Shallow Readers will enjoy, so I hope you all go out and grab this ASAP.

Another triumph for RR!

[Zedsdead · Rating 3 out of 5]

Lost in (Interdimensional) Space. Scientists, a couple of kids, a smarmy bureaucrat, and his toady bounce from dimension to dimension due to a busted science thingy, searching for The Way Home.

Black Science is absolutely beautiful to look at, full of heavy, intense blacks and oranges and purples. Really striking.

The plot's pretty generic. There's a brief mystery regarding who sabotaged the science thingy, but it turns out to be exactly who you'd expect. Each dimension is home to another hostile anthropomorphized animal species. Fish people, frog people, bird people, gorilla people. Not awful but not particularly interesting.

[Benjamin Uke · Rating 3 out of 5]

Grant McKay, former member of the Anarchistic Order of Scientists (not explained in the first volume,
, has finally done the impossible: He has deciphered black science and punched through the barriers of reality. His invention, the pillar, allows him and his fellow Dimensionauts to leap between worlds at will, taking anything they want for the benefit of their home reality.

3/5 EXCELLENT panel artwork. Kind of reminds me of the old scifi-show "sliders", every episode they're shifting from one multiverse to the next. Unlike the show all the adults are telenovela-level dysfunctional.

[M. Tatari · Rating 3 out of 5]

Eh… ilginçti. Güzel bir konusu ve ilginç bir konsepti var. Aslında daha önce işlenmemiş bir şey değil. Boyutlar arasında kaybolan bir bilim insanı grubunun ve iki çocuğun başından geçenleri konu alıyor. Ama bu çizgi romandaki herkes oldukça gerçekçi. Gerçekçiden kastım hepsinin boğazına kadar kötü huylara batmış olması. Karısını aldatanlar, birbirlerinin kuyusunu kazanlar, diğerlerine yardım etmektense kendini kurtarmayı tercih edenler…

Kendilerine “Boyutonotlar” diyen bu grup “Sütun” adlı bir kara-teknoloji sayesinde her biri birbirinden farklı bir sürü boyuta geçiş yapabiliyorlar ve bunların neredeyse tamamı tehlikeli yaratıklarla dolu. Ancak makineleri arızalı. Kendi evlerine dönemiyorlar ve makinenin geri sayımı tamamlanana dek o boyutta kalmak zorundalar. Bir sonraki sıçramanın nereye gerçekleşeceğini ise bilmiyorlar.

İşin güzel yanı her an herkesin ölebilmesi. Yazar bu konuda hiçbir karakterine acımıyor. Kötü tarafıysa her biri görsel ve tasarımsal olarak çok etkileyici olan tüm o boyutların tadına varamamanız. Çünkü olaylar çok ama çok hızlı gelişiyor. Yine de süper kahraman çizgi romanlarına iyi bir alternatif olduğunu söyleyebilirim. Ama bir Saga beklemeyin.

[11811 (Eleven) · Rating 3 out of 5]

Crazy story but I liked it more as it progressed. I didn't think it was good enough to move on to volume 2 but by the end I may have changed my mind. 4+ for the artwork. It was worth buying just for that.

I love the $5 price point. I'd read so many more graphic novels if they were all in that range. They go by so fast.

['kris Pung · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was a hell of a lot of fun to read and and the art was pretty stellar too. I'd recommend this to anyone who enjoys quirky, pulpish, sci-fi comics.