Eat The Rich #1

An unbelievably smart and cutting read, Eat The Rich #1 comes off like a mix of The Graduate and a Boots Riley film; an absolutely brilliant comic in every way. Read Full Review

The combination of Sarah Gailey's pacing, world-building, and characters combined with Bak and Titov's art creates a compelling first issue of Eat the Rich and builds anticipation for the series. Read Full Review

Pius Bak delivers some impressive visuals throughout the issue. The style is reminiscent of romance comics and that aesthetic perfectly captures the tone and mood of the story while also disarming the reader ahead of the horror to come. Read Full Review

As first issues go, I thoroughly enjoyed this. And I would recommend to any fans of mystery and horror. Sarah Gailey has written a story which can make the skin on the back of your neck stand up. The pacing of the book starts slow and just builds up to a chilling crescendo which leaves you fearing what will come in the next issue. Beautifully written with a superb supporting art team, this is one book you don't want to miss. Read Full Review

Eat the Rich #1 delivers a great start to this story. Finishing on a hook that is sure to grab readers, it only remains to be seen if Gailey and company can keep the momentum going from here. Read Full Review

A upsetting look at social anxieties, and true terror, all wrapped into a sharply written narrative. Read Full Review

One of the internet's favorite phrases to utter in regard to the rich comes to life in this intriguing comic book series, which slowly builds the tension towards revealing just what horrendous thing these rich people, who we immediately mistrust, are responsible for. Shadowy and perfectly ominously drawn and colored artwork brings this world to vivid life. Read Full Review

It's a fun first issue through and through, and I'm interested to see what we'll see on the first page of the second issue. Gailey, Bak, Titov, and Rae have a very cohesive project that hits all the right notes to keep my curiosity in this horror series piqued. Read Full Review

Eat The Rich #1 is a great first issue. This is horror done right. Gailey masterfully sets the tone of the book right off the bat, and it works great. Bak and Titovs art fits the script wonderfully. As far as first issues go, this one works very well. Read Full Review

In a similar style as Get Out, Ready or Not, and You're Next, this series from creators Sarah Gailey and Pius Bak does a solid job of setting the stakes and weaving an ominous foreshadowing, but does little to set itself apart from a number of other properties that have ventured down a similar road before it. Read Full Review

Nearly a carbon copy of a much better piece of art, Eat the Rich #1 only strips away any relevance it might have so that it might apply to anyone. Read Full Review

omnicitycomics

Aug 19, 2021

The best description I can give for Eat the Rich is that it's Cruel Intentions meets Get Out. It's a story about the ultra wealthy and their inner workings from the perspective of an outsider. Our main character is Joey, a normal college girl whose boyfriend Astor comes from an incredibly wealthy family. Joey and Astor are going to spend the summer with Astor's family at their beach house in Crestfall Bluffs. This will be her first introduction to his family and their world. Naturally, Joey is incredibly nervous about the meeting fearing that she won't fit in and that Astor's family will reject her. From the initial introduction between Joey and Astor's family you get a sense of uncomfortableness and a feeling of dread washes over y ou. You know that there's something disturbing and sinister beneath the surface of Astor's family masked by their politeness. The night of their arrival there is a retirement party for one of the neighbor's groundskeepers. It's tradition that the community throw a celebration in honor of staff members retiring. As the party goes on Joey begins to realize that something is incredibly off about how everyone is acting. She leaves to get some fresh air and stumbles on Astor's father and other members of the community honoring the retired groundskeeper. Let's just say that after what she sees, it's not the summer Joey ever wanted to be a part of. Eat the Rich revisits themes that have been explored before and while the premise isn't anything groundbreaking that's not to say it's any less compelling. What increasingly drew me in was how uncomfortable I was made to feel. It's unrelenting how ominous everything is and I love it. Pius Bak and Roman Titov deserve high praise for crafting this setting. Bak's art has a pop-art quality to it but it doesn't feel happy or joyful due to Titov's masterful color work. While the colors used by Titov are colorful and bright, Titov also blends in shadows and a lot of black. I'm not sure what Eat the Rich has in store but it has left me craving for more. more

DDJamesB

Aug 18, 2021

I thought this was better than expected. Very well written. I felt the anxiety of the main character. And even though it was spoiled for me it still had an interesting ending.

Mighty Morphin Comic Rater

Nov 03, 2021

Interested to see where this ends up going

Psycamorean

Aug 18, 2021

I only read this because of the title, and fortunately, the comic itself is pretty good. I'll keep up reading it. I hope the rest of the miniseries is a tad less predictable though.

BigCliff

Aug 27, 2021

If you've seen it once, you've seen them all. Person goes to visit their partner's rich family & discovers their secrets. I want to enjoy because it has some interesting ideas but i feel like I've read & watched this before.

Gizmo

Aug 22, 2021

This was fine but not what I was hoping for. I've already seen this movie.

ComicWorm

Sep 22, 2021

It's weird. Although the premise was intriguing, the overall setup did not hold my attention. However, there are some interesting conversation. I'll give it the benefit of the doubt.