Big Girls #1 // Review
Big Girls #1 is a brand new project from Jason Howard, who acts as both writer and artist, with Fonografiks as the letterer.
No one knows what went wrong in the experiment that caused the mistake or the original goal, but they know what the result was; "megaorganisms" that used to be men but now threaten the safety of humanity. The last line of defense against these horrors are the Big Girls. Ember is a big girl. Literally. At 300 feet tall, she's been exposed to the same “megaorganism” that causes the men to transform into monsters, but she's stayed human because she's female. Ember's entire life has built up to her first mission, but when she faces her first monster, she realizes that her job won't be as easy as she was lead to believe.
Howard creates a story that's the perfect combination of science fiction and post-apocalyptic action. Throwing readers right into the story, just enough is revealed to follow the story, but there are still so many questions to be answered. Even in only one issue, it's clear that Ember has a lot of depth and the potential for big (no pun intended) character development as she challenges her belief system.
Howard's art is fantastic, with thick boundary lines contrasting with the rough and choppy cross-hatching for shading. And Howard's use of flat colors creates a beautiful but bleak world where people have mostly lost hope in a better future.
Fonografiks' letters tie the entire story together. They perfectly fit with the book's dark, gritty vibe, as they look almost like they're handwritten but still easy to read.
It appears that nothing is really what it seems, and something sinister is going on behind the scenes with both the mistakes and the Big Girls. And Ember's journey into discovering this is only beginning. Big Girls #1 is a thrilling read that should be part of everyone's pull list.
