Orc Stain #7 – Review

By: James Stokoe (writer, artist, colorist & letters)

The Story: Orc Stain is back!  Let’s catch up with One-Eye as he tries to simultaneously evade and thwart the Orc Tzar.

A few things: 

1. So nice to have this comic back. – Wow, it has been awhile on this comic.  I somehow didn’t review issue #6, but here’s a link to my review of issue #5 back in October 2010!  It’s hard to complain too much though.  For one thing, this comic (sadly) isn’t selling enough to to make Stokoe rich or even pay the mortgage, so I’m sure that he must do other work on the side or have a full-time job.  I don’t know that to be true, but it seems a reasonable assumption.  For another thing, you can just look at this comic and see that it is impossible for something this detailed to be produced on a monthly schedule.  Anyways welcome back!  Who knows if Stokoe has stocked up a few issues to release over the next few months OR if this is something that’ll just pop into our lives ever 6 months???  I’ll take it however it comes.

2. I’ve lost the plot thread. – But, one problem with the delay is that I’ve kinda lost the plot.  I really just don’t remember why our protagonist, One-Eye, is afoul of the Orc Tzar.  On the other hand, I’m not sure if it matters that much.  There is an Orc Tzar who has hordes of orcs and standing against him is One-Eye and his kinda-ally the nymph and her vebal and sentient cloak Zazu (who is awesome).  One area where Stokoe deserves credit is for keeping the plot simple since I’m sure he knew that the release schedule might be irregular.