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A review by cgwinters1981
Grass Kings, Vol. 1 by Matt Kindt
4.0
There is this person I talk through a Discord group attached to the DC Universe app and I asked him to recommend some comics to me. He recommended several and I started another one, but did not like it. It started this one and was intrigued enough to continue with it.
The first thing I have to talk about with this book is the artwork. It is done in watercolors. It is so beautifully and uniquely drawn. Tyler Jenkins is an A – R – T – I – S – T OK? The artwork is what drew me into this series and kept my feet solidly rooted the entire time. I didn’t want to look away from it. Even though it was the simplest things that were being drawn. Grass literally had me like WOW. The capabilities of this individual that I will never possess. Truly wonderful.
The story is interesting as well. I found myself wondering about the main character, Robert, and his backstory often through the course of reading this. I kept hoping we would get some nod to what happened to his daughter and if there was more to it than it appeared. I don’t wanna say more than that, but it had me intrigued. Then we get the sheriff’s wife as part of the story and I completely got lost in it all. There also is this underlying possibility of someone from the “Grass Kingdom” being a murderer and I just wanted to know if that would get resolved. There is an issue where the intensity picks up a bit, but for the most part there is an underlying tone to this series that is mundane. It is basic, but good basic. People hear that and instantly think UGH I don’t like basic stuff, but I love it. I love a story like this one where it isn’t about a superhero punching someone. Instead it feels like something that could happen in the real world. Someone could go off the grid. Someone could start their own life in an area, almost completely away from others. It is an interesting idea. I could see a society being formed like the one showcased here. Heck, part of me wants to go there right now.
This first volume dragged me into it. It left me wanting more and left enough threads to want to go into volume 2. That is the mark of a good comic book series to me, but I wanted more resolution. I wanted to have something feel “finalized” in the first volume of this series since it was so mundane. This is why I couldn’t rate it higher than 3 rainbows, but this doesn’t mean that I won’t continue on to see what happens with the members of the Grass Kingdom. I most certainly will.
The first thing I have to talk about with this book is the artwork. It is done in watercolors. It is so beautifully and uniquely drawn. Tyler Jenkins is an A – R – T – I – S – T OK? The artwork is what drew me into this series and kept my feet solidly rooted the entire time. I didn’t want to look away from it. Even though it was the simplest things that were being drawn. Grass literally had me like WOW. The capabilities of this individual that I will never possess. Truly wonderful.
The story is interesting as well. I found myself wondering about the main character, Robert, and his backstory often through the course of reading this. I kept hoping we would get some nod to what happened to his daughter and if there was more to it than it appeared. I don’t wanna say more than that, but it had me intrigued. Then we get the sheriff’s wife as part of the story and I completely got lost in it all. There also is this underlying possibility of someone from the “Grass Kingdom” being a murderer and I just wanted to know if that would get resolved. There is an issue where the intensity picks up a bit, but for the most part there is an underlying tone to this series that is mundane. It is basic, but good basic. People hear that and instantly think UGH I don’t like basic stuff, but I love it. I love a story like this one where it isn’t about a superhero punching someone. Instead it feels like something that could happen in the real world. Someone could go off the grid. Someone could start their own life in an area, almost completely away from others. It is an interesting idea. I could see a society being formed like the one showcased here. Heck, part of me wants to go there right now.
This first volume dragged me into it. It left me wanting more and left enough threads to want to go into volume 2. That is the mark of a good comic book series to me, but I wanted more resolution. I wanted to have something feel “finalized” in the first volume of this series since it was so mundane. This is why I couldn’t rate it higher than 3 rainbows, but this doesn’t mean that I won’t continue on to see what happens with the members of the Grass Kingdom. I most certainly will.