Brandon Borzelli's Geek Goggle Reviews

Fly #3
Zenescope Comics
Gregory & J

The third issue of Fly begins to piece together more of the puzzle and is setting up for an interesting conclusion to this story. This book reminds me so much of a Mark Millar story and that means plenty of violence and a story that goes into directions that you just don't expect. In that regard the issue is very entertaining. The flaws in the issue seem to be based with the fast pace of the story as the characters just don't seem to be doing natural things in a normal timeline. Overall, this is a fun read.

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Brandon Borzelli's Geek Goggle Reviews

Fly #1
Zenescope Comics
Gregory & J

Fly seems like just another superhero with an edge type of book on the surface, but there is more to this story than superheroes behaving badly. As noted by Gregory in the back of the book this story has biographical roots about Gregory and his wife’s drug addictions. When you read the book knowing the inspiration or source of the creation the story reads more powerfully. On the whole this is a good first issue but I wasn’t thrilled with the pacing. The subject matter is enough to bring me back for the next issue which is all you can ask for.

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