The comic opens with the main character, Ataru, being dumped by his girlfriend for looking at another girl. She smacks him across the face and runs off without a backwards glance. Ataru, standing at the rail of a bridge, is knocked into the water by a curious little man named "Cherry". Cherry senses an evil shadow hanging over Ataru, thinks that he is about to jump, runs up a little too quickly, and knocks Ataru into the river below. Ataru arrives home after listening to Cherry ranting about his being cursed and is greeted by a large crowd. There's average Joes and news reporters gathered around for no apparent reason. Ataru is rushed inside by his mother to meet an alien dressed in Tiger skins (where the heck did they get the skin??...Space Tigers?). The alien informs him that his race will invade Earth unless Ataru can defeat his smokin' hot daughter, Lum, at a game of tag. Ataru grudgingly agrees and early the next morning begins the game of tag. One problem...no one told Ataru that Lum could fly. Ataru spends day after day chasing Lum around with no luck. Finally, he snags her tube top, leaving her bare-breasted. It isn't until later that night that Ataru realizes that he has the advantage- Lum doesn't have a spare (so why doesn't she just wear something else...?). Ataru eventually uses the top to get Lum within his grasp and tags her (he has to tag her horn). The second part of the comic is definitely odd. On Friday the 13th, two mirrors facing each other have the potential to summon a devil. Ataru's luck, being as sucky as it is, naturally summons a devil. In the end, Cherry attempts to form a 4th dimension for the devil to crawl back into. What happens? A crapload of little devils enter the physical world, multiplying the problem a hundred-fold. Sure, I've said a lot, but I haven't given away nearly enough details to show how awesome the comic is. I found my copy at Hastings for .99 and there were TONS of them...so it's still floating around out there!
Wanna know why you should buy it?
Creativity of Writing: 5/5 I think the idea is very clever. I would say that the comic is following the unlucky life of Ataru, but the comic is named after the space-alien hottie, Lum. This confuses me a little, but the comic is, nevertheless, good. The dialogue clever and easy to read and each character, through their dialogue, has their own distinguishable personality. The comic gives a lot of background information on Ataru (THAT part's too good to spoil!) and his and Cherry's relationship is hilarious.
Creativity of Art: 4/5 The comic uses bold, black lines with little fine detail. The contrast is nice and I really like how Lum is drawn realistically. On the back cover, she's sitting down and she actually has a roll on her stomach! Maybe it's watching Cartoon Network and seeing the Total Drama girls that makes me sick of how animated females are drawn. It's nice to see a female character that, although skinny, isn't unrealistic. The two characters that I feel are the most creative are Cherry and the devil. Both of them are creative, distinct, and slightly adorable. Character design is awesome. The contrast of the white areas and bold black lines is awesome. It's just overall pretty good art.
Overall Casual Read Rating: 5/5 I didn't feel like I had the burden of reading. It went really fast, it was very entertaining, and the art/writing/story combination is a unique one. It's not necessarily suspenseful, but I feel like it's not predictable. I would highly recommend it for travel or rainy-day reading.
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