Dry Spell 1

Tom Ferris lives in a world of costumes and wonder.  Figures streaking across the sky, hurling themselves over rooftops at night.  They are everywhere.  They are common.  But Tom doesn't notice that world anymore.  His world is made up of spreadsheets, phone bills, software, coffee, collared shirts.

When a coworker takes an interest in Tom, a chain of events begins to unfold...

Imagine what it must be like to have super powers, and the life you lead holding such responsibility if you chose to use them for good.  What happens if you wanted out though and just desired to live normally day to day?  If you actually managed to escape the spotlight, what would happen if you got dragged back in?  These are just the kind of questions that Dry Spell looks to give answers to.

Poor guy just wanted to be an average Joe, or average Tom if you will.  He somehow pulled it off and has stayed under the radar for quite some time.  All this pans out until a curious coworker with a good eye catches on to who Tom is, or was at least.  Urging him to meet up with others like themselves, a downward spiral begins that he may not be able to get out of.

The artistic approach that the first issue has gone with is interesting.  Most of the book you’ll see the pages use a very monotone scheme, but not black and white.  There were a few choice pages that had a vibrant color assortment, and that was a great decision.

I’ve always appreciated taking the usual superhero scenario and coming at it from a different direction.  This first issue has done a nice job setting up a whirlwind of events as Tom’s plan to stay away from that part of his life crumbles.  I’d most definitely suggest grabbing this book and seeing just where it goes.

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Geek-o-Rama received a copy of this book for the purpose of this review. All thoughts, comments and opinions are those of the individual reviewer.