Spy Island

Spy Island

by Chelsea Cain, Lia Miternique (Co-creator), Elise McCall (Artist)

The new graphic novel from the team behind bestseller Man-Eaters is a terrifying, sexy, and thought-provoking espionage thriller-that also happens to be laugh-out-loud funny!

The world’s best spies keep watch over the Bermuda Triangle from a mysterious island outpost teeming with supernatural intrigue, monsters, and evil villains set on global domination. The best of these spies is named Nora Freud (no relation). She knows eighty-seven ways to kill someone with a cocktail toothpick, and she’s used thirty-two of them. Lately though, Nora has started to feel like she’s going through the motions. Close the temporal portal. Assassinate the genocidal maniac. Have sex with the MI-6 agent. Plus, the island has gotten kind of touristy. She agrees to one last mission. But when Nora’s troubled marine cryptozoologist sister shows up unexpectedly, warning of mermaid attacks, Nora realizes that boredom is not her biggest problem.

Dark Horse Books

On Sale Date: April 13, 2021
ISBN 9781506721026, 1506721028
Trade Paperback | 144 pages
$19.99 USD, $25.99 CAD
Comics & Graphic Novels / Fantasy
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The new graphic novel from the team behind bestseller Man-Eaters is a terrifying, sexy, and thought-provoking espionage thriller-that also happens to be laugh-out-loud funny!

The world’s best spies keep watch over the Bermuda Triangle from a mysterious island outpost teeming with supernatural intrigue, monsters, and evil villains set on global domination. The best of these spies is named Nora Freud (no relation). She knows eighty-seven ways to kill someone with a cocktail toothpick, and she’s used thirty-two of them. Lately though, Nora has started to feel like she’s going through the motions. Close the temporal portal. Assassinate the genocidal maniac. Have sex with the MI-6 agent. Plus, the island has gotten kind of touristy. She agrees to one last mission. But when Nora’s troubled marine cryptozoologist sister shows up unexpectedly, warning of mermaid attacks, Nora realizes that boredom is not her biggest problem.

Laugh-out-loud funny, terrifying, sexy, and philosophical, Spy Island is the perfect comic book for anyone who enjoys travel, chardonnay, krakens, Atlantis, volcanos, scuba diving, mermaids, ghost pirates, tropical espionage, secret agents, and/or island-casual Sean Connery.*

*Sponsored by the Bermuda Triangle Chamber of Commerce.

Spy Island was created by NYT best-selling author, Chelsea Cain, writer of the Archie Sheridan/Gretchen Lowell thrillers, as well as One Kick, which was adapted for television starring Chris Noth. Her previous comics include Man-Eaters (Image) and Mockingbird (Marvel), both nominated for Eisner Awards.

Spy Island is co-created by Lia Miternique—cocreator of Man-Eaters and illustrator of The Hippie Handbook (Chronicle), Does This Cape Make Me Look Fat (Chronicle), and Confessions of a Teen Sleuth (Bloomsbury). Spy Island also reunites the entire Man-Eaters creative team, including Elise McCall, Rachelle Rosenberg, Joe Caramagna, Eliza Fantastic Mohan, Stella Greenvoss, Emily Powell, and Liv Osborn.

Series Overview: Collects Spy Island #1-#4.

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Fantasy, Humor, Fiction, Comic Book, Espionage

144 pages, Kindle Edition

Published April 13, 2021

About the author

Chelsea Cain is the New York Times bestselling author of the Archie Sheridan/Gretchen Lowell thrillers Heartsick, Sweetheart, Evil at Heart, The Night Season, Kill You Twice, and Let Me Go. Her next book One Kick (August, 2014) will be the first in her Kick Lannigan thriller series. Her book Heartsick was named one of the best 100 thrillers ever written by NPR, and Heartsick and Sweetheart were named among Stephen King's Top Ten Books of the Year. Her books have been featured on HBO's True Blood and on ABC's Castle. Cain lives in Portland, Oregon with her husband and daughter.

Reviews

[Chad · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book tries so hard to be tongue in cheek and irreverent. It succeeds to the point where there is no story. The tag line is a "Bermuda Triangle Mystery" but there's no mystery here, just a bunch of nonsense thrown together into a nonstory.

[Alexander Peterhans · Rating 1 out of 5]

Spy Island is a comic created by the same team that produces Man-Eaters for Image, which they're basically lifting the same approach from. So you can expect a lot of mocked up ads, flyers, bar menus, book covers, magazines, and other media that build up the world but do little for the story.



Worst is that all this stuff generally interrupts the story, ruining any sense of pace or momentum.



Spy Island is a tropical island full of spies, all kinds of creatures and other nonsense, and I can hardly recall any story, it seems so inconsequential.



It's all so tongue in cheek that it gave me a headache, and it all so desperately wants to be funny and irreverent, it made my teeth itch.



It's a no from me, I'm afraid.

(Picked up a copy through Edelweiss)

[Rod Brown · Rating 1 out of 5]

Lifeless and nonsensical satire sort of annoys at first but then just bores completely. First, the problem with making extensive fun of travel brochures in your book is that it can end up reading like a travel brochure. Having posited an island in the Bermuda Triangle populated with assassins, spies, supernatural creatures, and tourists, the rest of the humor seems to coast on just how wild this scenario has to be because it is just so wild, you see. Oh, hee hee, our version of Black Widow drowned a guy. Oh, ha-ha, our version of James Bond wears Union Jack underpants. Oh, har har, our mermaids eat people. And ~snort~ what if there's a bad mime? Then slap in a big fight at the end and call it a day.

Sad.

[Alexander Peterhans · Rating 1 out of 5]

Spy Island is a comic created by the same team that produces Man-Eaters for Image, which they're basically lifting the same approach from. So you can expect a lot of mocked up ads, flyers, bar menus, book covers, magazines, and other media that build up the world but do little for the story. Worst is that all this stuff generally interrupts the story, ruining any sense of pace or momentum.



Spy Island is a tropical island full of spies, all kinds of creatures and other nonsense, and I can hardly recall any story, it seems so inconsequential.



It's all so tongue in cheek that it gave me a headache, and it all so desperately wants to be funny and irreverent, it made my teeth itch.



It's a hard no from me, I'm afraid.

(Picked up an ARC through Edelweiss)

[Jake · Rating 5 out of 5]

I am a fan of Chelsea Cain all over again. Not only do fans like me see her infographics and dry sense of humor, I can even compare Cain with Quentin Tarantino.

Much like Tarantino, Cain has this sense of improvisational theatrics to her comics. Characters talk like real people to the point where some conversations get boring and don't have anything to do with plot. Even the absurd stuff that happen like assassinations and mermaids are as mundane as everything else.

Then there's the whole spy angle. Lead character Nora speaks in some lower case letters unlike her larger-than-life neighbors. She's clearly burned out by her job even though she still likes doing it. This makes Nora very down-to-earth playing with and deconstructing some spy tropes. While she can be materialistic and does casual sex, Nora is very aware of the realities of being a Spy in the Bermuda Triangle. The secluded lifestyle keeps them away from the things we take for granted like Netflix. Also despite the fact readers see her drown somebody in her first appearance, Nora still has a strong moral code when it comes to her father. I won't spoil anything because you have to read everything to get the jokes that come with this.

No aspirational or self-indulgent power fantasies here, just the kind of nonsense you can turn your brain off to.

[George Ilsley · Rating 3 out of 5]

Bermuda Triangle as a tourist destination full of thrills and adventure. Tongue in cheek satire that pokes fun at spies, horror, the supernatural, cryptozoology, and many other genres at once.

The multimedia presentation (tourist brochures, fundraiser letters, etc.) is a bit chaotic but adds another cheesy layer to the cheeky satire.

I do have a fondness for pop-culture satire, so this was mildly amusing as a campy romp through tropes and genre set-pieces. The sum is less than the parts, but some parts rock.

[The Lost Dreamer · Rating 1 out of 5]

For someone who is an absolute fan of Chelsea Cain's work with Mockingbird and Man Eaters, a comic book that kinda mixed the fresh, colorful, sarcastic, and hilarious storytelling of Man Eaters with the crazy, sexy and non-innocent spy tone of Mockingbird felt like a dream come true. But the result was nothing like that: even though I tried to enjoy Spy Island in every possible way, I just found it lame, boring, and a waste of good talent. Yeah, the elements that made me love previous Cain's work are there, at least in theory. But the whole plot... well, there's none. The book isn't about anything. Cain wastes Elise McCall's talent in tenths of pages aimed to build a crazy fantasy-mystery world that isn't even funny to read. Meaningless characters come and go without explanation, and backstories are provided without any point at all.
The worse part of it is that Cain's sardonic humor, her bold and not-at-all-innocent way of speaking her mind are nowhere to be seen. It's like she was afraid of writing anything that might offend anyone, which ends up making these four issues simply pointless.
It's a shame because it's obvious that this group of artists and creators is capable of so much more. I really hope we can get to read anything from them soon. Just... please, give it some kind of plot.

[Brooke · Rating 5 out of 5]

My husband told me to read this because it was Wes Anderson meets James Bond. I couldn’t agree more! The art is a mix of photography, drawings, and ads.

[Adam Stone · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a hard book to rate. I loved most of it. Cain writes great dialogue, I loved the series's conceit, and the ads based on products in the story's universe were awesome. I went into the final issue thinking this was going to be a five star book. Then it utterly fell apart. It felt like Cain was trying to pack three or four issues of story into one, and didn't know how to do it. All of the slick pacing and gradual introduction of characters and ideas were just flung into a blender and served as a big, frothy mess.

Even two more issues to tell this story, using the tone and narrative tricks of the first three issues in this volume would have made this one of my favorite books of the year.

Cain mentioned that she regretted only making this four issues, and that making the comic was just a way to get the intellectual property out into the world so she could get a TV deal. I hope she does. I'd love to see what this story would be like fleshed out at a consistent pace.

[Bill Coffin · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book is trying way too hard to deconstruct an entire genre of spy fiction, but it can’t decide where it wants to go or how it wants to get there, so it ends up feeling like 8 lbs. of half-baked ideas stuffed into a 5 lb. bag. Shame, too, since there’s a cool premise here, but it really does not come together.

[Ben Dubois · Rating 2 out of 5]

1.5 stars.

This book has great potential. Cain shows off her creative juices by introducing ideas through a collage of multi-media images. I should love this but the story was just nothing. Well, not nothing, it was enough of something to aggravate me. If I picked this up in a comic shop and flicked through it I would have bought it instantly, beware that if this is the situation you find yourself in you may be in for a huge disappointment.

Chelsea Cain is definitely in my love/hate category.

[Tom Ewing · Rating 3 out of 5]

Aggressively glib, but there are moments where the story seems to be building to something despite that. It never quite does, but it has fun on the way, and from the paperback style covers on it looks glorious, a multimedia melange of infographics, pastiches, and lurid beachwear.

[Sam · Rating 2 out of 5]

Have you ever read comix that destroyed so much of what you loved about the originals, that even as a kid, you vowed to erase it from your mind, and then over a decade later, your Goodreads web page accidentally blows up because of how hard you roasted the original, so people are determined to remind you of the existence of that sequel until you roast it too? That's me. That's me with Spy Island.

I am sorry if I bashed on humorous espionage adventures and graphic novels. I know they're entertaining, and I will learn to ignore them, but most of these just honestly get on my nerves. But then there's this new one I thought I would like called Spy Island. Good god, why does this thing exist? The premise of an island under control of military and police and inhabited by spies is really cool, but here it was wasted and poorly executed. This is a blatant rip-off of Watchmen and several espionage films, books, and television, especially Ian Fleming's James Bond. It also thinly rips off The Island of Dr. Moreau. The title is also misleading, as it obviously has nothing in common with the whole entire premise at all.

It's overly silly and juvenile due to its constant use of light-hearted humor, though it's worth noting that the original James Bond, while mostly serious with a good sense of action and drama, at least got some lighthearted and comedic moments here and there. As the result, any serious scenes that happen by the climax, including many infamously heart-wrenching scenes of presumable death, comes off as incredibly jarring and out-of-place, since it heavily contradicts the incredibly lighthearted and comical tone the film has already established right from the start.

The artwork is less than favorable to look at, constantly looking like it was made in haste with the ugly character designs in an attempt to look realistic and is very flatly colored. Too much lettering is placed randomly to nearly everything simply happening in the background, especially the movements of the characters being written out, which feels very obnoxious and unnecessary. The random and completely-written-out lettering also becomes jarring enough and distracting to let you make up your mind and interpretation of what goes on. There are tons of artwork errors that are easy to spot throughout. There are hideous white lines on the characters, for instance, which is seen as distracting. There are moments where the artwork is clipping out. Due to the illustrator not tracing a line on some of the necks of the characters, whenever they twist their heads, they look like they are possessed. During when the escape happens, you can see one of the main protagonists looking like a hulking figure with a barrel chest. Additionally, some scenes are recycled in the book, and there are a lot of off-model instances. Many of the scenes have many differing art styles and direction, given the comic-book writers all have their different styles. As a result, scenes will look very off and include lots of artwork errors. There are some live-action photos that are passable in the advertising and promotions at least.

There's a number of continuity errors too. After when Nora falls into a death-like sleep, she's lying in a position that's radically different from we last saw her. When Harry gives his shoes to Nora and her losing the other one, he somehow managed to get his other shoe back in the very next scene without any explanation how he got it back. There are also other errors too including recycled characters, perspective errors, and even the aforementioned lazy lettering.

There is absolutely no character development for anyone. All of the characters have some form of one-dimensional trope and the list keeps on coming. Also, the roles they play are incredibly boring. The love and relationship between the two main characters don't seem very genuine, as it feels forced while having a lack of chemistry. In fact all the romance sub-plots feel pointless and serve no purpose to the actual story. Most of the conflicts were incredibly forced and unconvincing. They have little to no buildup to be so harsh in each other's words. Their flashbacks can also get boring at times.

The characters' main disguises look so cheaply made and crappy, they make The Master of Disguise himself can pull it off better. The mime disguise, for instance, is so ridiculous, that even Louie would realize that he never has a mother to begin with and could see right through her disguise.

The story could've done better. The plot is confusingly messy and feels very over-stretched, complete with plot strands that either feels underdeveloped or pointless. The pacing isn't all that great, and comes out as incredibly poor. It drags way too long, and it can get boring very quickly. Many scenes go on for about a quarter of the book's length, with barely any dialogue or relevance to the plot. There are also frequent print advertising media interspersed throughout, but it obviously has nothing in common with the entire story. It starts out with giving promotions for a weekend getaway and a cruise ship at the beginning which makes absolutely no sense, why they show us these at all because that's the beginning, but they never go along with the narration aspect throughout. There are also some random moments, like one of the characters dreaming about humping an airplane. The book even has so many unexplained questions that where never answered or plot holes that were never filled in proper, leaving confusion. There's also this weird time skip within. It starts out what looks like during the summer, then it quickly turns into spring and then back into summer again.

There's a poor grasp with its source material, with some of the characters being shown aren't handed properly. There are also times when the characters feel underused at times. In fact, some serve no purpose to be in this. The book also adds extra morals that are incredibly forced and unnecessary instead of following the real moral. Despite some of their elements changed, some scenes are faithful to the original stories.

The dialogue is stupidly written crappy dialogue, sometimes coupled with really unfunny jokes. We also get some laughable lines due to the poor writing, like one specific line is mentioned throughout for at least fifty times. I KID YOU NOT. At times it lacks subtlety and constantly talks down to its audience as if they're idiots where nearly every single line of dialogue so heavy-handed that they've been often spelled out and parsed down.

Similar to Johnny English and Cody Banks, the comix themselves are one of the many unoriginal James Bond rip-offs. In fact, they feel like they're stealing elements from many James Bond properties here and there, as well as numerous other works. For example, Vlad Popov is an obvious carbon copy of Nick Nack from The Man With the Golden Gun and Doug Something, with his skull mask, looks a little too similar to Baron Samedi from Live and Let Die and even Oddjob from Goldfinger, as well as even Rorschach from Watchmen (which this comix series clearly also rips off in addition to Bond).

This book isn't very funny, especially compared to other works, as there are also a lot of stereotypes and racist jokes, with many other characters featuring startling stupidity and are incredibly offensive. Most of the island's natives and residents are topless, the way they dress up is highly offensive and they all look downright stereotypical. Some of the main characters also look extremely stereotypical, such as Louie the mime, which is appalling. The humor that the comix try to imitate isn't that funny, as it mostly falls flat and predictable most of the time. Believe it or not, there is even a dozen of inappropriate moments within, like Fang Ha admits she is in love with Vlad which is considered pedophilia (don't look that up), Harry kissing Nora's unconscious body, and Harry getting sexual harassed multiple times by Nora. All attempts at humor are unfunny and forced with many mean spirited and/or stereotypically sexist moments, despite being more lighthearted and comedic in tone than the originals.

It's kind of hard to tell exactly when this book is supposed to take place. Although the setting is the Bermuda Triangle, you may think it takes place somewhere what looks like to be the mid 20th century in the Caribbean to supposedly resemble Dr. No and Thunderball, but it doesn't because it has some modern-day influences, which just makes it even more confusing. While having the exact date unknown and having some fantasy aspects included, there are many aesthetics that look akin to that of the 1950s and the 60s due to the print advertising and promotions, the attire the characters wear, their fashion choices, the architecture of the buildings, the cars, etc. yet for some reason, people are often seen driving modern cars and some men are using laptops and cell phones and there are also references to the Internet, none of which had been invented in the 1950s and the 60s. Some of the setting is nicely detailed and it does become above serviceable, however. The design of the main base of operations itself, while looking a little too similar to Karl Stromberg's Atlantis from The Spy Who Loved Me and bearing many similarities in appearance to The Jetsons' house, from the inside out looks very cool and futuristic. It has some of the best scenes in the entire book, albeit briefly.

And...that's it, is it? I guess it is. I'm terribly sorry, but this book is way too strange and surreal and, most importantly, NOT FUNNY for me. I never knew it would be THIS crazy, but not in a way that is considered enjoyable. This is a trivial disgrace that takes everything excellent about espionage, rips it to shreds, and uses it for wallpaper cleaning, falling short of realistically representing espionage. Perhaps you're better off reading all the (black-and-white British television) Avengers and Get Smart and The Man From U.N.C.L.E. graphic novels instead. No, really, stay away from this. I highly recommend you DON'T read this.

[Kyra Leseberg (Roots & Reads) · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars

[Nestor · Rating 2 out of 5]

I think this is the first comic I have ever not enjoyed reading. Two stars for the very quirky art and design and nothing else.

[Online Eccentric Librarian · Rating 2 out of 5]

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Spy Island is an odd experiment in taking a shot at the camp of the 1970s (Fantasy Island, Jaws, James Bond, etc.) but ruthlessly stripping it of all humor and entertainment. What remains is an odd mélange of what should be quirky and satirical vignettes but instead falls flat with a thud. I did enjoy the random 1970s photos and travel brochures that were in addition to the illustration work but also felt let down that they felt random and strange rather than amusing.

Ordinarily I'd summarize the story but honestly there wasn't one. Something about a female spy, her odd sister, mermaids and mythical creatures, and conservation groups? Our main character mostly walks through scenes with stereotypical characters from various countries while we get plenty of warnings through brochures, signs, images, etc. that the islands are dangerous (the Bermuda Triangle). The cover gives you a good idea of some of what you'll find - 1970s photos with 'additions' such as a kraken or mermaid or shark.

The illustration work is fine but I would have liked for more coherence in the 1970s theme. The work is bright and colorful like a Barbie comic and yet it still never felt like 1970s comics. This created a bit of a dissonance with the era photos and brochures. That isn't to say that the artwork isn't well done - just that it somehow never seemed to embrace the milieu.

Spy Island was an interesting read if you ignored the lack of story and just looked at the 'reworked' photographs and travel ephemera. But when the illustrations came back, it was almost a let down to go back to the pointlessness of it all. There was something here I just don't think it came to fruition. I certainly didn't see any humor or biting commentary. Reviewed from an advance reader copy provided by the publisher.

[Josh399 · Rating 4 out of 5]

Caine and Miternique (of Man-Eaters fame) craft a glorious and sleek island-paradise spy story that is as groovy as it is punk-feminist. On a mysterious island in the Bermuda triangle spy agencies cross wires, interfere with, and bid on ancient alien artifacts, mythological creatures, and 60's-style tiki culture. Nora Freud is an intrepid hero over the all-too-brief story but each of the compelling side characters could be protagonists and there are maps for fantasy and history nerds to gush over and speculate on. The island feels lived in and still fantastical; an admirable for any writer but something expected from the Caine+Miternique dream-team.

The story is so replete with symbolism it could be an allegory; It has interesting, snappy, and even endearing points to make about family, misogyny, colonialism, and existential doom (which kind of sums up the former three).

One final positive; the drop-dead gorgeous art. I'm not someone who notices art very often, but I loved the pastel colours, photo-realistic mermaids (the images are completely terrifying), and the detailed, eclectic images that kind of remind me of Erica Henderson's works.

As for negatives, the story ended abruptly and with less drama than I hoped. I wanted to see so much more!

This comic debuted smack-at-the-beginning of COVID-19 and suffered for it. It wasn't promoted as well as it should have been and sunk to obscurity. I'm sure it's one of the top comics this year and I hope I can look forward to reading a Bermuda Island sequel soon.

[Alex Sarll]

Reminiscent of both Cain's previous comics, the oddball espionage-ish stuff in Mockingbird bumping into the in-world inserts from Man-Eaters - though mercifully here they're dotted around, instead of being collected into whole pace-throttling issues. But despite the title, and the notion of an island where pretty much everyone is a spy bar a few German tourists, the overall tone is less spy-fi than I expected. Instead of nifty gadgets, marine cryptozoology and mimes dominate, such that ultimately I was reminded of nothing so much as the Over The Edge RPG.

[Matt DiGennaro · Rating 2 out of 5]

Loved the world but was it me or was that story borderline incoherent? 2.5 stars

[Juju · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love the way this story weaves in realistic-looking artifacts alongside the illustrated panels - including eccentric cocktail menus, sand flea lotion ads, and Bermuda Triangle newspaper clippings. It feels like you’re rifling through the case files of a paradise getaway gone awry. Mysterious motifs include mermaid teeth, mimes, kraken ceremonies, and pink champagne. Every unusual detail feels intentional, even if you don’t fully understand where it’s all headed. For such a thin book, the author crafted an intricate journey on each page, and I savored every detail.

[Brendan · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5

It had potential to be something refreshing and new but in the end It's another idea that struggles. The concept is good and that's why I felt the need to read this above others. The messy mythology overcomes the central premise and they throw a lot of exposition into the final 2 issues. The first 2 issues were quite good but after that Spy Island felt lost. It was another Dark Horse comic that felt way too short.

[Gillian · Rating 3 out of 5]

I love the multimedia art style in this comic. The story was fun and there was so much in the background to unpack as per usual with Chelsea Cain's works. But it only being 4 issues meant that it wasn't really flushed out. So much world-building needed to happen and really could have been expanded on. But still a fun read.

[Jennifer · Rating 4 out of 5]

Classic Chelsea Cain: a fun, utterly ridiculous romp with corgi appearances and a lovable female protagonist. Cain's Mockingbird comics are one of my favorites and if you enjoyed that you'll enjoy this. Don't listen to the men griping—this wasn't made for them anyway.

[Rachel · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was pretty fun, I really enjoyed the fake tourist advertisements.

[Rachel · Rating 5 out of 5]

I’m convinced Chelsea Cain can do no wrong. Brilliantly entertaining!

[Elliott Frank · Rating 4 out of 5]

Legitimately laugh-out-loud funny

[Tom · Rating 4 out of 5]

A lighthearted and quirky espionage story. Some of the layouts were pretty inventive, and i enjoyed the scrapbook elements. I suspect this won't stick with me for terribly long, and it's not that deep of a story, but there's plenty of good reasons to enjoy a splash in the shallows.

[cass · Rating 2 out of 5]

🌴🐙🍹🧜‍♀️🛳🏝
This wasn’t too bad of a read but it definitely wasn’t great. I enjoyed the story enough to finish it. I originally picked this up from the library today purely on the basis that it said “Bermuda triangle mystery”, was there Bermuda Triangle mystery? Yes, to an extent, but I thought it would be a bit more in depth about the mysteries and talk more about the realistic mysteries of the Bermuda Triangle. One of the best parts of the comic was that it was set out almost like a travel pamphlet for an island/cruise. I thought that was pretty original and kept me intrigued and reading more so than the actually storyline.

It was still fun and fast to read and the art style was beautiful. I believe there are more comics in this spy island series so I’m going to keep an eye out at the library for them but don’t really find the story line good enough to be worth actually purchasing them.
I still recommend this to anyone who is intrigued by the Bermuda Triangle and/or enjoys quick comic book reads with some beautiful artwork.

[Charlee Remitz · Rating 2 out of 5]

I have to agree with my cohorts on this one. While I don’t condone hand-holding, I do think a certain amount of explanation is necessary to give your reader the confidence they need to follow your story. I’m no stranger to being kept in suspense, but left there? Confused? Wondering whether this was the second in a series, one half of a whole, or just a mess of words strung together in an abstract manner and meant to be savored as art rather than a fully developed and characterized comic book story? No. Let me off this one-way train.

[Matty Dub · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book has good art and a super fun design but on the narrative side, it keeps tripping over itself. The story isn’t all that great to begin with so having the author break it apart to present in a haphazard, non-chronological way just makes this a meh book that’ll be quickly forgotten. At least it’s short and easy read.
2.5/5