Comic Book Review: Dominatrix #1
Dominatrix #1Written by: Sean Taylor
Art by: Flavio Hoffe
Cover by: Alex Garner
Concept by: Gene Simmons
Published by: IDW Publishing
Available at: Things from Another World
Lesson 1: “A Very Good Place to Start”
Dominique Stern makes her living as a dominatrix, dishing out pain to those who find pleasure in it. But things get weird when a client accidentally spills that the world is being taken over. Despite not telling who’s doing the taking over, this knowledge makes Dominique a target. The client offers her some pills, “top secret weapons” which will increase her strength and speed. So when the client is attack immediately after he leaves, Dominique decides maybe he wasn’t a crackpot after all. But will these new powers be enough against Happy Jacq?
Now, let’s be honest here…part of the appeal of this comic is a dominatrix superhero. This first issue does suffer from the perils of many a first issue, such as too much foreshadowing, but not enough action. There’s a bit of action and plenty of character development, but I can excuse it here because it’s a story of political intrigue. As Gene Simmons says, “it’s T&A meets CIA”.
Hoffe’s art is fast, dynamic, and sexy supporting the concept of a dominatrix superhero. Alex Garner's cover is beautiful and eye catching. Sean Taylor has already created a character we find interesting and care about, and plenty of mystery and intrigue. I would have, admittedly, preferred a longer first issue to get to know Dominique a little better, but we have a decent first issue here.
Lesson 1: “A Very Good Place to Start”
Dominique Stern makes her living as a dominatrix, dishing out pain to those who find pleasure in it. But things get weird when a client accidentally spills that the world is being taken over. Despite not telling who’s doing the taking over, this knowledge makes Dominique a target. The client offers her some pills, “top secret weapons” which will increase her strength and speed. So when the client is attack immediately after he leaves, Dominique decides maybe he wasn’t a crackpot after all. But will these new powers be enough against Happy Jacq?
Now, let’s be honest here…part of the appeal of this comic is a dominatrix superhero. This first issue does suffer from the perils of many a first issue, such as too much foreshadowing, but not enough action. There’s a bit of action and plenty of character development, but I can excuse it here because it’s a story of political intrigue. As Gene Simmons says, “it’s T&A meets CIA”.
Hoffe’s art is fast, dynamic, and sexy supporting the concept of a dominatrix superhero. Alex Garner's cover is beautiful and eye catching. Sean Taylor has already created a character we find interesting and care about, and plenty of mystery and intrigue. I would have, admittedly, preferred a longer first issue to get to know Dominique a little better, but we have a decent first issue here.
Rating: 
Again, a decent first issue, and I'm interested, but I'm not sold, which is what a first issue should do.
Again, a decent first issue, and I'm interested, but I'm not sold, which is what a first issue should do.
posted by Bodog at 3:23 PM
1 Comments:
Thanks for the review. Hope you enjoy #2 and it answers a few mysteries and creates quite a few new ones as well.
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