HUNDRED WORD HIT #312 - SIRENS GATE #1

Sirens Gate #1 by Shannon Maer

Superstar cover artist Shannon Maer brings his undisputed talent to comic creating for the first time. 

There’s a fight with a shadowy figure to open up the issue, some scantily clad women pole dancing and chatting in a strip club, a mysterious summons to a spooky house and a fight with a werewolf. 

Maer’s art is great in places but the real oddity is the page layout.  Gone is a traditional panel format and speech bubbles in favour of a fluid art placement with floating dialogue.  It may prove to be highly innovative in future but it’s not for me.

Rating 6.5 out of 10