Image-ine All The Reviews (6th of August 2014)
LOW #1 (Released 30th of July) Story by: Rick Remender, Art by: Greg Tocchini Chris: Low is best described as Finding Nemo meets BioShock, if the opening issue is any indication. It does take most of its page count to get to the central thrust of the narrative, but once it does it manages, much like one character does to another near the end, to really hook you in. I’ll admit my initial desire to read Low was because of its cover. No other reason; I had no idea the story was about an underwater colony of humans looking for a new world, nor that it would end with the two children of our parental protagonists getting captured by a guy stealing a genetically-encoded Big Daddy suit. I just saw that cover by Greg Tocchini and my jaw dropped. It’s the kind of art Fiona Staples might make if she lived in Rapture. While it’s not as attention-grabbing as its cover, Low still manages the task of giving me enough story to make me want seconds. It’s a narrati...