Review: Dark Moon #1- Free Motion Book Comic: Great kid friendly digital comic book

Website:
http://www.darkmooncomic.com/wpl6l6yynmz1ttq1sfct3x1m39ehb1


Link to comic:
http://freematik.deviantart.com/art/Dark-Moon-Issue-1-Transported-to-a-Dark-Moon-491512045

Twitter page:
https://twitter.com/DarkMoonComic?refsrc=email



Dark Moon #1 is free, so check it out. You have nothing to lose except approximately five minutes of your time, so give it a go. The story is about astronauts landing on an alien moon. They don’t know what is there, so decide to have a bit of a walk-about whilst hoping that big creepy old monsters don’t sneak up behind them and do what big old creepy monsters tend to do.

That’s the story, and it’s quite basic, but it’s how its being portrayed here that is a lot of fun. It’s a motion comic book, so as you click along, following the story progression, you get spooky accompanying music that really enhances the reading experience.

The art consists of abstract paintings of an alien landscape. It has a fuzzy, dreamy feel to it that lends a quality of unease to the narrative that really enhances the reading experience. This is an old-fashioned, (but on new technology) kid’s sci-fi/horror book. It features brief jolting moments of adrenaline based action/peril and children over the age of ten (approx) should get a lot of enjoyment out of it.

If you have young kids who think that comic books are boring, then this might be just the thing to spark their interest in the genre. They can watch it on their tablets, and click along as the tension rises and the alien monsters get closer and closer to the heroes. It’s spooky, atmospheric and fun. When the monster attacks do come they are sensibly portrayed, using shadow to portray what is happening rather than needlessly explicit gruesome detail, so don’t worry about it being too violent for children. Check it out for yourself first of course, but I think that you’ll find that it’s not too scary or inappropriate for children. It will give them a bit of a scare, but hopefully no nightmares. The book is short, atmospheric, easy to follow and a lot of fun, and just the thing for kids to enjoy during what remains of this Easter holiday, so check it out NOW.


Rating: 7/10 (Highly recommended for children just getting into comic books)