Last survivor of a war ravaged planet, last warrior of a dead race, trapped in a robotic replica of his own destroyed body, he is Mecha-Simian - cyborg monkey space-trooper!
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Mecha-Simian isn't bad for a cliche saturday morning cartoon presented in webcomic form...
I don't know what to say about the concept of this comic, except it's just silly. It's not bad and it's definitely interesting to read, but not enough to make me wanna come back to it. Again, I'm not necessarily saying the comic is bad.
The idea of a cyborg space-monkey flying around in his talking ship is kinda funny by itself. Unfortunately, the actual comic probably suffers from trying too hard to be funnier than it is. That's probably because of the approach of trying to be deliberately cliche.
The light-hearted hero battles dozens of droids, a mad scientist and a diabolical warlord, gets captured and manages to escape just in the nick of time thanks to the villain wasting time trying to give a speech...
What makes this comic a little better than others who have tried this is the art. What made me think of Saturday morning cartoons, more than anything, was the art. It's action-packed, dynamic and full of life. It's easily the best part of this comic.
Overall: I really wouldn't mind sitting down and reading through 50 or 60 pages of this comic as long as it was already there to read. But the idea of waiting for new installments doesn't sound like something I'd be interested in.
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Shan thanks for the review - glad you picked up the vibe that Mecha's deliberately cliche!
ReplyDeleteAnd Greg and Lisa did a great job on the cartoony art!