Island #8

CRITIC REVIEWS

• 8.0

  Comic Bastards - Austin Lanari

  Jun 08, 2016

  Of course my favorite part of "Habitat" is… well, the habitat. When Roy draws a spread it never disappoints; but, because of his visceral drawing style, fight scenes can feel like a real mess. Even when this makes for some hard-to-follow reading, that's not totally a bad thing. When people are murdering each other and destroying machinery and stuff is exploding and people are bleeding, things aren't cut, dry, and neat: they're chaotic. Roy captures that chaos, just a little too well sometimes. Despite how overwhelming some of these sequences are, there is usually a panel or two worth pausing on to appreciate how much detail Roy puts into a single panel, even when the story is moving quickly. Read Full Review

• 7.5

  Bounding Into Comics - Mike Fugere Jr.

  Jun 09, 2016

  Image has delivered another solid issue of Island, and while I felt the back half of Island #8 was a little dragged down by "Habitat," it's still worth your money. Read Full Review