>>95220006>1/2 Cavewoman and Cavewoman RainNote: I do own all of Pangaean Sea comics, but I don't own the first series of comics of Cavewoman or Rain. I plan on acquiring them in the future. I have no intention of owning the other comics by the other artists as I think they are just shit. Not even to acquire the Budd Root Variant covers. With that out of the way onto the review.
The first series Budd did was actually pretty great. It sets up the series and immediately we get a sense of danger facing the people of Marshville. With consequences of the circumstances having results immediately with plenty of people dying. Not for the sake of edge but to set the tone that this isn't a silly romp of a story. Despite the potential for T and A.
While Meriem is nigh invincible she is (mostly) what is keeping the town from getting wiped out. Budd does show that the people can survive on their own but at the expense of much of their own resources and people.
The exposition and dialogue can get lengthy at times. Even from the foreword from a revised edition (which included more pages before the events of the main story) you learn that Budd had to cut a number of pages out in order to fit his budget for printing his comic.
This is found not only in the beginning but in other parts as well. Most of it is just fun stuff, but he wanted to explain the sci-fi element of time travel and how it worked more. It isn't really explained much afterword in great detail but gets some attention in Pangaean Sea later on.
The original series that started it all was good fun with plenty of trouble for the characters involved. Meriem grows a little and Budd does well enough with the people of Marshville in their reaction and having to live in their new world.
