Rasgal #2

Here's a full-format comic that I picked up from writer/artist Liz Ortiz at ConnectiCon.

Title: Rasgal
Issue: #2
Date: 2009
Publisher: Immortal Gothic
Writer: Liz Ortiz
Penciler: Liz Ortiz
Inker: Liz Ortiz
Colorist: Albie Luciano

The world of Rascal has a full-scale demonic apocalypse going on, and things are not looking good for the remaining "fresh meat" (which is what the demons are referring to humans as).

Writer/artist Liz Ortiz gets things started fast and furious with a fun aerial battle sequence. Winged hero Zarn carries a mysterious and badly injured girl to safety while his allies provide cover. From there we get a bit more of the big picture before jumping right back into the action.

Ortiz does a nice job of conveying the hopeless battle against the overwhelming demonic forces, and there is plenty of potential for twists and turns in the complex plot.

I was a bit confused by the physical scale of some of the characters, but part of that is probably from picking this up in the second issue where characters and their respective species have already been established.

The dialogue falls back a bit too easily on cliches. There was even a "You'll never get away with this!". To some extent, this is part of the fun. Epic fantasy can use a bit of over-the-top dialogue.

Overall, this was a fast-paced story with plenty of action and was entertaining from start to finish.

Rating: 7/10