The Fellowship was fortunate enough to obtain a copy of NEGATIVE SPACE #1 from Dark Horse Comics. Ryan K Lindsay writes and Owen Gieni draws and
colors.
Guy is sick of his life and is ready to kill himself. The
only thing stopping him is writer’s block – he can’t decide what to put in his
suicide note. So he takes a walk to clear his head. But Kindred is ready for
him, and their field agents do everything they can to keep him on the edge.
Kindred is a company that mines negative emotions, and Guy is one of their best
sources. And their pushing is working, at least until Guy stumbles across
something he wasn’t meant to see.
It’s really easy to feel bad for Guy, which is exactly the
point. This first issue goes a long way to build that feeling of pity, as well
as the sense of conspiracy that Kindred brings. Woody adds a different angle to
the whole thing, too. And the cliffhanger does a beautiful job of not giving
any hints about what comes next. The art goes a long way toward setting the
mood, with the coloring and Guy’s look specifically.
It would be hard not to be pulling for Guy in this story,
but it looks like he’s got an awful lot going against him. Check it out,
though, and we can always hope.
~Mike ( @MikeyGeek )
