Comic Review: The Seasons Have Teeth #1 (BOOM! Studios)

Dan Watters writes of a spring that is magical, yes, but sinister. Mister Watters runs deep in issue one of The Seasons Have Teeth, from BOOM! Studios.

As we drop and roll onto the first page, choppers patrol the sky, all-Huey-and-grey-like. Kids and grownups are hightailing it out of town, escaping “Spring”. But Andrew, a seasoned conflict photographer, is staying put, unmoved by the panic. He feels compelled to explore the danger zone, and not take shelter in nearby Shrewsbury UK.

Then the green tendrils start to inch their way through the village, bringing terror, bringing monsters, bringing Spring.

The illustrations by Sebastian Cabrol with colour by Dan Jackson, (letters by Nate Piekos) are low-key, descriptive and grey. There is little colour in the day, with everything green, purple, and muted. 

The dialogue is okay, the situations unfold, and Andrew clearly has some romance in the story that he unravels. But we, the readers, are observers only in the strictest sense, only partly engaged. We don’t have a lot invested in Andrew’s story yet and are just along for the walk. 

It’s all going somewhere, but the most dramatic moments remain curiously subdued, muffled, and muddy.

BOOM! Studios, The Seasons Have Teeth #1, 26 pages of content.