Jon Adams (2)

I stumbled upon the first couple of issues during an infrequent visit to my local comic store and managed to pick up all 5. I'm a big Disney and Disneyland fan and was really looking forward to reading them. It took a while to get to them. Uh... what did I just read?

On the good side, the art is amazing. The drawings of the Tiki Room characters are spot on, colorful and fun. There are plenty of visual gags. I would have given 4 stars.

The story is meant to be a take on Fantasy Island or The show more Love Boat. But it makes absolutely no sense. The characters and plot points are barely even tropes. Things happen because they happen (and usually not even in a magical way). There are just too many characters and story lines to fit into the allotted space. These aspects get 2 stars. show less

I've started writing this review several times, and I don't know what to say about this book. It's a town with a collection of superheroes--some washed-up, some has-beens, some never-beens--and some other odd inhabitants. It's a dull, depressed town. This isn't a town you want to move to, or visit, or even hug as you're passing through. This is a sad town. But a really good comic.