Hum

by Scott Marcano, Tom Lenoci, Renzo Podestá (Illustrator)

On the first human colony in space, two lovers separated by war try to bring peace to their troubled world. When a strange alien virus turns 80% of the colony blind, the sighted turn the victims into slaves. Following an epic revolution, a sighted master and his former slave struggle to defend a blind village from a pack of evil scavengers who want to re-enslave the entire planet.

250 pages, Paperback

First published May 25, 2009

Reviews

[Brian · Rating 2 out of 5]

An interesting promotion and some graphic novel wisdom, but relatively so-so. As much as I liked the artwork, I didn't always know what I was looking at or what was happening. So, I think this was an ambitious concept that fell short of its promise. But more avid graphic novel readers might get more from it, so could be that I'm just an okay reader ;)

[Gugg · Rating 3 out of 5]

The art style is unique and selective;
The story has good bones, plot moves along with characters' choices.
Where this book lack is excitement, not for lack of trying, I can see something added into the story to address the issue but it just didn't get fully developed.

[Wayne · Rating 2 out of 5]

The story wasn't actually that bad once I got into it, a primitive society, and a war between a war monger and his drug addicted brother sent out on a spying mission who finds his lost love and a previously unknown child. It was hard to ignore the simplicity of the artwork however. Had the pacing been a little better and the art more defined, I think it could have been much better and commercialy viable. Some of the art remindeded me of very early Matt Wagner.

[Ric Steele · Rating 3 out of 5]

I enjoyed the idea and the artwork. I did get the feeling that the story was a bit rushed. The only thing that really took away from the story however was more telling than showing, meaning on some scenes the narration got in the way of what we could see. I did like the novel and would be interested in more.