Reality Check

Reality Check #1-4

by Glen Brunswick, Viktor Bogdanovic (Illustrations)

Willard Penn, a struggling artist, scores an unlikely hit with his new comic. After an unexpected sell-out, the book's hero shows up in the real world, appearing outside Willard's window, and refuses to return to the comic until he finds true love. Exasperated, Willard is forced to help the lovesick hero meet the perfect woman. He needs to hurry, because a homicidal maniac has escaped from his comic and entered the real world as well!

Genres: Comics

120 pages, Paperback

First published March 11, 2014

About the author

Glen Brunswick is an American comic book writer.

Reviews

[Cale · Rating 3 out of 5]

What starts out as a kind of silly concept (a comic book writer's character comes to life looking for love) turns out to be a bit of a bait-and-switch for an ulterior story about coming to terms with life-changing events. It may be a bit heavy handed in the end, but it still makes some good points, and does so in an entertaining manner, especially when the hero Dark Hour's villain Devil Inside follows him into the real world. It never gets too serious in terms of the threat, but the concepts it pushes do have some heft to them. It makes for a pretty good self-contained story about responsibility, loss, and escapism. You just have to get through the first issue's somewhat embarrassing approach to women.

[Tate Ryan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Reality Check was a pretty light hearted and fun read. Nice and short, not taking itself too seriously.

[Edna · Rating 3 out of 5]

What happens when the super hero you created for your comic book, shows up one day and starts hitting on all the young women in town including the one you love and who dumped you to be with a self-centered egotistical self-made musician? A lot of action with comical (no pun intended) lines and nice illustrations make this a fun read that includes a bit of self-reflection and a solved mystery.

[Mohan Vemulapalli · Rating 4 out of 5]

A Batman clone escapes the pages of the comic books and comes looking for love in all the wrong places. This is a fun, not too serious romp that is worth a quick read.