Friday, February 25, 2011

2011 WEB COMIC REVIEW 07: DARKBRAIN.COM

WEB COMIC: DARK BRAIN COMICS
CREATORS: Various artist: Ryan Hawkins, Ernie Chan, Writers: Andrew Zar and many others
UPDATES: I can't see or can tell when this comic updates.
STATUS: Last updated this Feburary
ARCHIVE: 5 web comics with atleast 5 complete books each.
AWARDS: 2010 MOST ORIGINAL CONCEPT AWARD



I guess my war path on the overated web comics online will have to wait a bit. I promised I would review this comic again after it scored a bit low 6.5 to be exact. The creators made a lot of changes that should raise that score in big way. To remind you agian this isn't one comic per say but a series of comics. My favorite was Mirror, Mirror. As before I will review the site and the comics as one entity. Todays review will be on DarkBrain.com You may ask why I did it this way... read on and you'll find out.


PROS: This is a unique type of comic concept and that is why it won the "2011 Most Original Concept Award"!  Your also in luck on this site because you wil be able to read and hear not one but five web comics. You also get great art, decent voice acting, and music.  There are multiple genres to chose from like fantasy, adventure, sci fi, action, drama and even horror! Each one looks to be interesting in it's own way. You can even influence the story with choices that you can make. They have a "About" page that you can hear what this site is all about. You can also see the various artist and talent, who is envolved with this comic. When you make a account with this web comic site you can adjust seetings to your preference of gore and nudity. They even have new stories on there way.

CONS: "Wow they cleaned up just about every thing".  The page functions are a lot better after some explaintion but it is not as good or as fluid as another web comic with sound called Turbo Defiant Kimecan.

LAST WORD: One of the best concepts I came across online. The page functions and the story choices can be increased in size by right click and zooming in to the art work. You will see these stories come to life before your very eyes. I was very pleased and thankful they fixed or better explained many of the problems I had with this comic before. Good job guys and girls!
OVERALL SCORE: 9.0

CONCEPT: 10
DrakBrain.com is web comic studio that produces graphic novel quality art and story with voice acting and music. Web comics that talk and have music are pretty original or are still new to the genre. I have heard people talk about doing comics like this, but this is the first web comic that has done it effectively.


ART: 10
Top notch art that is polished and detailed on every comic.

COLORING OR SHADING: 10
Also a strong point of all the comics on DarkBrain.

WRITTING AND SPELLING: 9.5
No misspells or bad grammar I could see. The writing can be scene with the of the  tweeking controls. All the stories are easy to understand and follow.

WEB PAGE LAYOUT: 9.5
The website looks the same but feels better... NOW that you can actually see what you need to press with some page enlarging tweeks. It loads fast, with not too many ads. The comics size can also be manipulated and all info now can be easily found.

ENTERTAINMENT: 10
 Despite the size issue these comics can be easily enjoyed. But turning a page and making choices might take the fun out of it from time to time. While we're on that subject, you can only make choices when you made a account with this site.  I just did.


POST FREQUENCY: 6.0
It still doesn't say when, or I can't find it. I will say that when they put out a comic; they put out a entire issue at one time. So you have a whole book and not just a page read form what I saw. When you make a account your comic becomes your story and it extends from there.


POPULARITY: 3.0
You guys need to improve this score asap. I know plenty of people will like this comic. Keep promoting! On one of the pages I saw a "page rank of 2". I think most people have never heard of these comics let alone their website. That's why I chose them. I did see some of their work posted on Deviate art.  DarkBrain has made some major improvements and you guys would love this more than most of those other overated comics online. Highly recommended!


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