The Empty #1

### Note. Effective immediately, beginning with the below review, I will be spending the next week getting caught up on reviews for The Burning Mind. This may include multiple reviews per day. Once caught up, the normal schedule will resume, with articles as well. Ace. ###

Publisher: Image

Creator, Writer, Illustrator, Letterer and Colorist: Jimmie Robinson

I know nothing about Jimmie Robinson, but apparently the only thing he didn’t do on The Empty is print the damn thing – as far as I know.

I want to give Jimmie some great props for doing all the writing, art, letters and colors, any one of those is no easy task, all of them is just short of amazing.

The art to me is the best part of the empty. It is sleek, clean well-defined and near beautiful. The subtle difference between the people of ‘The World,’ and ‘The Empty’ are slight, but make each look unique and different.

My only issue with the art is that it is too clean in ‘The Empty,” I feel it should be dirty or at least grittier. Tanoor, the female hunter of her village, fits into an apocalyptic world, with scares across her body and bandages for clothing. Some of her village brethren look a little to clean though.

The script is not quite up to the level of the art. Though it is not bad.

Some of the dialog feels unnatural, and at times like it should be thoughts, not dialog.
The biggest issue with the script is the character of Lila, who appears in Tanoor’s land of The Empty, from her one of The World. Her appearance is the driving point of the plot of this issue. Which feels rushed and not quite fleshed out enough.

This title is a frustrating one for me. I find it neither good, nor bad. It is just there. For me, it just fell flat.

FINAL THOUGHT: I would call empty slightly above average. I can’t call it required reading, but by no means should anyone steer clear of the Empty.

RATING: 5.5