The first issue of Little Mermaid ended with a pretty cool twist. The mermaid herself, Erica, is kept hostage in a science lab and is being experimented on by evil scientists. Rather than explore this further, the second issue takes us back to Erica's conception, as her father is obviously Atlantian. I won't spoil her origins for her, but let's just say that a certain "sea witch" allowed a merman to become human so he could have sex with a girl. But it came at a price!
There's much more exposition in this than the first issue, which only serves to hurt the book. I mean seriously guys, just stop talking! You're blocking the art! There's so many dialog bubbles, each one containing either The Art of War or A Tale of Two Cities. I get that there's a lot to set up here, but every character opens their mouth and says an entire paragraph every time. If this comic were adapted into a movie, all of the actors would quit because they wouldn't be able to memorize this much dialog. I started a Twitter account that's sole purpose was tweeting this comic's dialog, and I hit 20k tweets before even finishing the first page.
At least Mendonca's art continues to blow me out of the water (heh). If I were decorating my house and had a mermaid fetish, I would definitely buy some prints of his art for my walls. Except I don't have a house, I live in my car under a bridge in Detroit.
Zenescope is an interesting name to me. It sounds like a sniper rifle that can shoot you and remove any sense of zen from across a great distance. I would say that this is an accurate description of their comics. Look at them on their site or on Facebook.
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.
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