End Times of Bran and Ben #1 – Review

By: James Asmus & Jim Festante (writers, co-creators), Rem Broo (pencils & co-creators), Overdrive Studio (colors) & Crank! (letters)

The Story: The Rapture happens and all the fun people are left behind….

Quick Review (with a few little SPOILERS): This is a clever little comic.  It isn’t going to win any Eisner’s or displace Watchmen on Time Magazine’s next list of influential works of fiction, but it is fresh, original, irreverent and funny.  There’s certainly a place for this kind of comic in today’s market.

The basic story is that Ben and Bram are 20-something roommates.  Bram is kinda a mess and Ben is a little more uptight.  Early in the comic, Ben chastises Bram for saying that he was going to the grocery store, but only coming home with condoms and coffee ice cream.  But, as Bram explains, last week all Bram used was condoms, coffee and ice cream, and he only had enough money for two items.  Thus, condoms and coffee ice cream.  Very economical!