FF #10 Review

FF #10 does something really weird. Not FF weird, although there is plenty of the wonderfully weird things that normally populate this book. No, FF #10 attempts something else entirely and the results are somewhat mixed. This issue introduces Matt Fraction, Michael Allred and Tom Brevoort as characters into the series. They play themselves, visiting the FF in order to research a soon-to-be Marvel comic book. It's weird, guys. A good weird at times and a bad weird at others.

Introducing a book's creative team into the story of the comic isn't exactly a new trick. It seems to be less commentary/meta here and more humor based. Fraction and Allred want to make you laugh and at times you will. The problem comes when the characters do things like a reference to Bevoort's Formspring account. It's strange -- and not always in a good way -- just a bizarre winking nod to the audience. The best moments of the issue are the ones that don't involve the creative team (as characters), but instead focus on the kids and a dangerous game of twenty questions.

Weird creative choices aside, the issue at least looks fantastic. The bright pop sensibilities of Michael and Laura Allred are on full display, giving a vivid energy to a brief battle with a micro-tiger. The characters look great, as usual. FF #10 is big, bold, and beautiful. It's easy to get lost in this artwork, even when the story falls flat. Hopefully, Fraction and Allred won't be characters in upcoming issues so FF can get back to being the book we have loved so much in the past.

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Source : ign[dot]com