By Mike Lawrence
Published by First Second
Star Scouts a sci-fi adventure staring Avani, a tomboy who is filled to the brim with hate since she had to move to a new town and her new scout troop is pure cliche girl. But one day she is abducted by aliens and finds that there is an alien scout troop who are way more interesting. Here, she thrives, makes new friends, and learns interesting things. Unfortunately her new scout troop has rivals, and she must work to become the best star scout ever.
I did not like this book. My main problem is that the writing is too immature. It tries very little to be creative, and relies way too much on cliche and immature humor. While there is the occasional joke that I chuckled at, the vast majority of them fall flat. The art is nothing new, with a generic sci-fi aesthetic I've seen before. The character designs are a more mixed bag. Some are good, some are bad. The human designs are the worst offenders. The faces look more alien than the aliens. Another problem was layout and flow. Some of the panels were hard to read since they were poorly laid out, causing me to loose track of where I was. Over all it was pretty poor. The occasional witty joke and the little details in the backgrounds are what saves it from a very low score.
TLDR: 4/10
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