Moon Man Volume 1

by Scot "Kid Cudi" Mescudi, Kyle Higgins, Marco Locati (illustrator)

Genres: Graphic Novels, Comics

160 pages, Paperback

Published December 10, 2024

Reviews

[Chris Gooch · Rating 2 out of 5]

Artwork is solid and creative.

Kid Cudi has a great ability to make a story feel relatable and relevant. Really enjoyed his animated film “Entergalatic” - highly recommend checking that out on Netflix.

This, as a read, felt a little disjointed. It felt like there were parts missing narratively between panels and pages, often found myself going back to re-read a page or two to ensure I hadn’t just missed something.

[Evie M · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5*

The art is kinetic and impressionist in a fun and fresh way, though clarity suffers at times. Still undeniably a gorgeous book.

Story-wise it's fun and interesting but also a tiny bit toothless. It feels like it see's itself as an anticapitalist manifesto, but it just scrapes the surface of bigger social questions without putting much effort into providing an actual answer or take on any of them.

I'll definitely pick up a second volume, but I reckon I'll put it back down again pretty quickly if the moral is still just "big corporation bad". That's not particularly insightful these days, I want this series to really investigate what you do with that information. If great power = great responsibility, what role do supers need to take against evil corporations?

[D.T. · Rating 3 out of 5]

A little trippy. A little man vs. the capitalistic system. A little activism.

The art is blocky but bright and expressive during action moments. However, it looks somewhat unfinished or maybe undefined during the slower moments. Still, I love it when the character's eyes go yellow, gives it that otherwordly quality.

But I’ll always give a kudos to any story with a Black hero who doesn’t have electric powers.

[Mark · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a activist-tinged modern-tech reinvention of the origins of the Fantastic Four, but with it's feet very firmly planted in Cleveland. The story covers all the requisite bases: family, tech billionaires and newly-discovered super-powers, whilst the art by Marco Locati is scratchy, hyper-dynamic and a little confusing at times, but I guess that's what comes from having to draw 'cosmic turbulence' and the effects thereof.
Entertaining, but not as good as I'd hoped it would be.

[Aaron · Rating 3 out of 5]

It looks really cool!

[The_J · Rating 2 out of 5]

convoluted and disorganized, or perhaps I just wasn't in the flow for the presentation

[Greg Frederick · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a brilliant start. The artwork is spectacular, the characters immediately real, and the storyline simple yet engaging.

I hope to read more.

[mayra❣️ · Rating 2 out of 5]

the concept art was better than the actual comic art