Posted 04 March 2010 - 04:43 PM
I'd like to add my 2-cents about the overall direction of MHAN.
For starters, I'd like to give credit where credit is due. The drawings, coloring, dialogue, and scene scripting really do bring the comic to life. Hats off to the JAB team.
However I do have a few puzzling concerns that are meant to be seen as constructive reviewing than anything else. I really thought MHAN was going in a different direction than the incestuous angle. I'm not trying to play moral police here, because I enjoy Ay Papi as much as the next, but the variety
seems to be a bit lacking here. Almost every one of the JAB series have a cliff-hanger sub-plot. In Farm Lessons we're brought to a world where the concept of "taboo" is throw completely out the window. The suspense lies in the curiosity of seeing just how far a family driven by kernel desires will cross the line of sexual pleasure, but to give it a sense of plausibility the story is set in the rural hick country. Ay Papi deals with the same concept of taboo, but instead of negating the concept, taboo is the focal point of the series. There's a constant battle between Richard's conscience and his sexual desires. The suspense is whether or not he'll get caught or cross that final line and penetrate Julia's cooch.
In MHAN the suspense was finding out when or if ever Wong would fuck his dream girl. Five issues in he's already accomplished it twice, so what's next? We're left with random incestuous relations driven by this sense of naivety. I was assuming the setting of the series would take place more at school or in their social lives instead of their houses and pool parties. Perhaps Sharona's teacher becomes Wong's nemesis as his tutoring helps her pass and she no longer needs to suck dick for grades. Or the school nurse/principal discovers Wong's endowments and desperately wants a taste, but Wong desire to save himself for Sharona keeps him running away.
Having said that the comic is great, and hardly a disappointment. I guess I was just hoping for a little bit more diversity in the taboo department.