Fullmoon Stories

This is old school horror, not your modern hack and slash that passes as scary with physical threats, but old stories that have the power to touch you deep. In a world where love and compassion can lead to the loss of your soul.

Full Moon stories: a series of short horror tales told to prose... and intriguing premise.

Art: Sketchy and surreal, kinda like looking at Van Gough or Picasso really. While the proportions of the subjects aren't always there, the heavy lines and vibrant colors are quite fitting for the jarring tales being told. I've liked the unconventional style since I started reading "Dead End." His attention to detail throughout is a real plus for this work. And be looking for the masked man...he's in every page...it's like the macabre "Where's Waldo."

Story(ies): Each one is a short story, all of horror in origin, are of the type that pull the reader in. They are fully unpredictable, leaving one to go "OOOOO" at the end of the tale. Told in the third person, and all of it in prose by our masked "MC" the stories already seem forboding, all telling of lament and suffering to come.

Prose: I won't guess at the "Style" of the poetry. The lines rhyhm like Iambic Pentameter and to tell a full tale like that must be hard to do. It falters in places, not quite the lilting flow I expected, but in its own way it is a brilliant way to get the story across to the reader.

Overall I've very much enjoyed Full Moon Stories from its inception, and I am always looking for more! It was one of my early "favorite list" adds!

Give it a try...you might find yourself sucked into a painting or watching your love rise from the water a rotting corpse...with FMS you never know!

Fullmoon Stories is about rhymes and rhymes and nice, artistic arts that will immerse you with its similarity to surreal paintings.

The arts are not my real taste, for I am a shameless fans of manga-esque art, but it is good nonetheless. Sometimes anatomies are off, sometimes characters are drawn out of proportions, but not out of expressions. The inkings are expressive and deep, giving right nuances to the arts. The colors are coming from the right palette, accentuating nicely and augmenting the overal presentations of the comics. The arts, in short, an exact medium needed for this kind of artistic experiments.

The stories, man, the stories truly lift this one high up there in the "you-must-read-this" list! It is told in the way of storybooks are told, with rhymes accompanied by illustrations, not arts accompanied by wordballoons. Once your eyes capture the nicely composed rhymes, they will be effectively mesmerized and refuse to let go. And the rhymes are in consistent quality throughout the comic's run. And there is one narrator character, completing the mistery of the story by using a mask. This is simply classy!

To wrap them up: This is a collection of intriguing stories told with elegant rhymes and classy artworks. Read it!

Interesting format you got here. Diggin' how the comic uses couplets to tell the story. The lack of borders between panels is used really nicely. The art itself also isn't too bad. Each chapter tells a different story, same narrator, and it's a refreshing experience from the usual stuff you see here on Drunk Duck. The story hooks you in early on, so even if you updated sporadically, people would still want to read it. Very easy on the eyes and doesn't strain the brain either.

Now, with all the stylization in the comic, that is also it's downside. I can see lots of people who wouldn't want to read it since it is too stylized and some people may not enjoy that. But those people probably suck, this stuff is gold here.

Let me just start of by saying, that I have not seen anything like this in years!!! Fullmoon Stories has a classic approach to comic story telling, HORROR!! This category of comic seems to have been totally overlooked throughout the years, and Fullmoon stories breathe eerie life back into the genre.

The art in this comic is AMAZING! The line art is very clean and well done! The coloring and shading is well planed and totally sets the mood. The drawings remind me of a story book, yet they are creepy enough to give me a a fright.

The stories are interesting! I love the fact that the writer made the stories rhyme. It makes this comic more memorable and you could memorize the text and tell this tail around a campfire. I love scary stories, and I plan to tell one of these tails next time I have a gathering.

I can't wait to see more of this comic! It has great potential for growth. By not making main characters, it gives this comic room to explore many different story options. I like seeing A comic like this, it is defiantly worth reading.

Horror is not seen to much on the pages of today's comics. I am glad that the creator took a chance with a genre like this; he definitely knew what he was doing. I was certainly happy that I came across this one! The stories are well done and the art work is chilling. I give this comic 5 out of 5!!!

A Review by Scott "Sewerman" Williams:

Fullmoon Stories is an impressive anthology comic, which is currently on hiatus. Morality tales and other ghoulie stories have seemingly gone out of style since the olden days of EC's Tales from the Crypt, but this story has a place in the modern webcomic library. There's something delightfully old school about these stories, brings me back to the time when I used to pore over books like "Freaky Stories to Scare Your Little Brother" et cetera.

The art is the main selling point. Expressive, well-drawn characters are the key to stories like these. The characters have to show their predicaments through body-language and facial expressions. The artist has a knack for a clean style, and the layouts are excellents, foregoing panel-boreders for a more collage-style structure. It takes a great deal of talent to draw a page like that and have it make sense. The dark colouring fits the mood excellently.

The concept is novel and classic. The narrator, a drama-masked harlequin of sorts, narrates the stories in rhyming couplets that drape over the page as the story progresses. The narration (there is no dialogue so everything on the page rhymes) blends almost seamlessly with the artwork to grant a really solid package. Each of the stories (for now there have only been two,) tells a story of misfortune, comeuppance, etc, etc.

The main problem is that with its clever design, the story isn't always told fully, properly, or straightforwardly. Every so often you're confronted with a rhyme that seems like too much of a stretch of a diversion. It's an ambitious format to be sure, which isn't always perfectly executed. Important details can be glossed over, which could be the biggest killer for the story if the idea isn't expressed properly.

I read both of the stories on the same day, but I'd hate to have to sit down and check every few days for the next page. The wait would seem interminable and I think the story would seem to drag, because of the minimal story-movement on each page. It definitely works best as an all-together package rather than an ongoing.

I give Fullmoon Stories an A-, a high-concept, well-executed, great-looking comic with a few conceptual flaws that cannot always be bypassed. Chck it out!

All categories are rated on a positive number if I liked it. The more, the better. Negative points means I didn't like something. Some categories are made up on the spot. But ending up with a positive number is a good thing.


Artwork (+2): What works, works I suppose. The great thing here is the style, the sketchiness really brings out the mood of the stories. Eirie is what comes to mind, like the original Sandman comics. The colors used are nicely shaded and blend well with the line art. The artist, VegaX has a great talent for color and mood, and bacgrounds. The world around the characters is very well drawn and detailed. But not is all rosey in the land.

Often the characters are a little flat against the backgrounds they are drawn in. Perhaps it is style, but also proportions seem a little odd in places. This doesn't effect much overall as it isn't always the case. Each picture effectively shows what it needs to show. A little more work in making it consistant will make this a wonderful piece for the eye! It did loose a few points however.

Story (+0): Two stories, presented by a masked narator in rhyme. Well, it works to a point. The poetry that tells the story often seems tangled and contrived; almost not getting the story straight. Luckily it doesn't take much to understand what is going on and its easy to catch up on any points you miss through the prose. In the end, you can understand where the story is taking you with the characters.

Characters (-1): The characters from each story, told to us by our narrator have very little built upon them. If not for the images, we wouldn't be able to judge their thoughts, mood and horror as they are confronted with the supernatural aspects of the story. However, I didn't feel for the characters as much here in this collection of stories. I'm not sure if that is the authors intention or not.

Standoutishness (+1): This could easily become a favorite for many people if VegaX keeps at it. The stylization alone is pleasant to look at even if the prose might turn some folks away. If the elements all come together in the future, I could easily see this becoming a favorite. Right now, not so much.

Spook Me! (+1) The tilting category magic eightball wants me to like this comic. But since its on haitis, I dunno when me or the artist will be coming back to it. I do want to like it though. It has more atmosphere than most comics out there, including my own. LOL.

Total (+3): This comic could work, with a little more work. I could easily see people liking it for its art alone, and if the writing becomes more potent and clearer it could easily dominate as a web or published comic.

Thanks for the reviews! :)
So far they have been very interesting and constructive.
The proportions error is something I will try to get better at.

But some of the reviews are a bit confusing actually.

Sewerman mentions minimal story-movement which baffles me since all kind of stuff happens to the main characters in just 10pages??

GaryB, mentions that the he can't tell the characters feelings, that he isn't "able to judge their thoughts and mood"
This confuses me immensely, since some of the text almost punch the reader with what state the character is in. Just read page1 again and you will find reference to his mood in two text boxes just on page1. After that he basically feels sad and sorry for himself on almost every page. So consider me confused.

At this point it looks like the poetry is either loved or hated. Either you accept the whole rhyme thing or it destroys the whole comic. Gives me something to think about before i start with the next story.

Thanks again for the reviews everyone! :)

It shouldn't be that "baffling." Your comic's just thoroughly paced. A lot of stuff happens in each story, and yet between the pages...

I guess I'll examine deeper to clarify:

"I'd hate to have to sit down and check every few days for the next page. The wait would seem interminable and I think the story would seem to drag, because of the minimal story-movement on each page."

STORY 2:

Page 1: We meet the woman, a loner.
Page 2: Posted one week later, she finds a painting.
Page 3: Posted a week after that. We get a closer look at the painting.
Page 4: Only 6 days. The church is weird, and she goes to sleep; we see exactly how much of a loner she is.
Page 5: About 2 weeks later, we see her taking action, going out in search of the church, her dreams, etc. Basically, the inciting action of the story.
So it takes 5 pages and over a month of waiting for the story to move forward this much.

And believe me, I can appreciate that it takes time for you to produce artwork as good as what you're doing. This is not a knock, just a problem for me as a reader, because I barely like waiting for 3x-Weekly comics. Reading it all together like I did, it's really no problem. If it seems like I'm carping on it, that's only because you were so confused and I don't want you to get too hung up on it. I mean, I gave the strip a good mark, so I do like it.

sewerman, Thanks for the comments. I see now what you mean. ;)

Well i'm not the best at rating comics and this is the first time i review one or anthything to the fact. The Story is kinda mystrious and i would have to read more to understand the story. So i would give this a 9/10. The artwork itself is very beutiful and mysterious. it matches its story perfectly and I wouldn't change a thing there 10/10. I see this comic to become one of a kind and it could go a long way. I'm going to injoy future projects 10/10

So... first review ever. I hope this helps.

Art: Well done. The level of detail gives the comic a grizzly atmosphere, with a complete lack of panels giving the story a more fluid progression. Coloring also lends to the atmosphere of the comic, going from lonely moonlit rooms to decaying ruins and bringing the story to life. One particular weakness I recommend working on is the characters' proportions and anatomy.

Story: The two presented have been original, and manage to do the job. Unfortunately, at about 10 pages each they don't quite leave much room to develop and generate interest in the characters, so you have a hard time sympathising with them. I do like how the masked character is quietly placed into each page, though, giving the story a recognizable character despite the disjointed stories. The rhyming generally works, but sometimes seems a bit forced. One final complaint is that the end of the first story was just a bit confusing (Why did she change back?).

Overall: Despite my complaints, I think this comic is overall well-done. The art is very to-the-point and helps tell the story as any comic should. The biggest setback to this comic that a lot of other reviewers seem to agree with is that it's not updated often enough, and unfortunately I have to agree - the sporadic updates make it very hard to maintain interest in the comic.

So there it is. I hope my review helps you with your comic. Good luck in the future!

Hapoppo
the end of the first story was just a bit confusing (Why did she change back?).

Would you believe me if i said it was metaphorical?

The scene just wouldn't look very romantic if she was still a rotten corpse, so we see how she used to look like, in the mind of the dead husband.

Honestly, I don't aim for the stories to be confusing, it's just that some images can be interpreted different and isn't always straightforward as in normal panel comics. It might be a bit overly "artsy" but it's more fun that way i think.

Thanks for the review/comments! :)

Story 1
Artwork
The artwork is very good. Great shading, especially on the characters. The colours chosen are really good too. And when mist is shown, or a reflection in the water, the effects of both these things are very well made. I also liked the way that the story teller with the mask was always at the scenes of the story.

Storyline
This is a great story. This could prove to be a very good myth or legend. It is quite a basic idea, but the way it's been developed through this comic is very good.

Grammar
Some of the grammar in this was a little dodgy. I will let the author off when he makes the grammatical errors on purpose to reach the rhyme. But there are grammatical errors that are made before the end words, which could easily be checked. I think that the fact it rhymes makes it a lot more interesting, and also it makes the storyteller person in the mask a kind of minstrel type person.

Characters
As I said before the minstrel has quite a bit of character which is given through the rhymes. There wasn't a lot of character developement in the wife or the hag though. There was a lot in the main character, as he is very much in love with his wife, and he will stop at nothing to get her back. And showing how determined he was, to make himself kill someone in order to get his wife back, gives him a lot of character developement there.


Story 2
Artwork
Well the artwork here seems to have improved slightly, being slightly more detailed. And I still find it brilliant how the minstrel ends up being there every time. Especially when he's fishing. Nothing much else to say about the artwork here though.

Storyline
This one has a very mysterious storyline, well done! I also love the idea of when the woman enters the painting, the other escapes. And it is also great at the end when the lonely artdealer is asked the same question.

Grammar
Getting better, but there are still a couple of mistakes to make the rhyme, or accidental ones. The rhyming was good again though.

Characters
I liked the part with the monster talking in the painting with the girl, and then she eventually turns into a monster, and does the same to the art dealer. It also developes the early monster character, without it actually being in it. I found that really effective, as well as the mysteriosity with all of the characters.

I was impressed with this comic. The art matches the mood, and the mood is consistent without being boring. So, let's break it down a little.

Story: Very engrossing, from the start. The dark theme doesn't feel forced, like one might see in a "Goth" story, and there's a lot of subtlety. Twists and surprises aren't snap-your-neck, "THIS IS A TWIST!!". Which is a good thing, to me. In each individual story, there's a steady rise and decline of action. I think that the evenness is what accounts for some of the spookiness; that the mourning husband is introduced in the same tone as the frightening images that follow. Story gets a 5/5 for me.

Art: Very good. There's a lot of detail, and solid backgrounds that feel like they're a part of the characters and the story. Expressions, at least on the women, are often very subtle. Which is okay, but they all seem to be the same expression with slight variation. The sheer amount of detail is intense at times, and because of the way it's laid out, it can be disorienting(in a good way). There seems to be some perspective issues at times, though it overall still fits in. Art gets 4/5.

Overall: The writing and the art are inseparable in the end. The comic was well-tailored to that fact. There's a lot of emotion expressed in the art that might not be implied in the words, but the words explain what wouldn't have been necessarily known from the artwork. It's a perfect mutually-beneficial symbiosis between the two "creatures" of comic-making. :) Overall, 5/5. It's an enjoyable, if sad and dark, comic.

So, Fullmoon Stories.

Artwise, there are a few flaws, some of the proportions and perspectives are slightly out, or lines seem slightly off, but this is more than compensated for by the fantastic colouring. An extremely well laid out page mean that panel borders that would otherwise interrupt the dreamlike quality are removed. With horror, it is too easy to simply use a dark pallate, but the richness of the colours used here creates an intense, personal feel, dragging you close to the page. There is so much detail packed into each page, too.

But it's the stories that make this comic. This is old school horror, not your modern hack and slash that passes as scary with physical threats, but old stories that have the power to touch you deep, because this is about the subversion of what we consider to be good, in a world where love and compassion can lead to the loss of your soul. Carefully paced with slow starts to each story which build up to the dark ending, it is told through the voice of the narrator who lurks in the background, the guide on our sadistic journey, which can lead to a little too much telling and not showing.

However, the highly stylysted nature of the stories themselves, pulls this all together, creating a dark and malevolent atmosphere that genuinely has the power to shake you. The only real comment I'd make (apart from keep at it!) is not to tell people that there's a twist coming in the author's comments: we get that from the forboding feeling throughout the comic!

Added to my watch list!

Dude... I thought I reviewed you... huh. Oh well.


art:
Fantastic! I totally love this style. :) The anatomy could use some work in some areas but that just may be the way you mean it. But the character designs are pretty cool! I'm totally in love with the narator!

story(ies):
Each story is interesting, twisted, sedistic, and good. I can't really review it overall, due to it being a collection. But I do like the ones you have written out so far. I like the way it's narrated into a poem or a sort, it makes it easier to follow. :)

Overall:
Awesome job! I really hope you can keep working on this comic. :)

Fullmoon Stories.

It is so refreshing to see some classic style horror stories! Horror now seems to be blood and gore, which happens to be my favorite genre, and I am glad to have read the first two stories in full! Younger audiences probably will not get the 'horror' side of it; it seems more 'folk lore' then 'slasher movie.' I would recommend an illustrated book if I could remember the name of it.

I am really attracted by the flow of the story. There are not panels but open illustrated pages with scenes. The text rhymes and gives it the 'I am reading out of an old book' feel, and I was lulled into the dialog nicely. I noticed if I came in at a time where a story was not finished, I would be disappointed. Not only is it REALLY good plot but also it moves rather slowly from page to page. I suppose I could suggest that it be released in issues, with a few pages at a time to keep interest.

Along with the flow this comic has amazing art. It is more realistic but still stylized. The detail is amazing! Everything in the room is fully illustrated and colored, like the cluttered space in the lighthouse and the painting's frame. I commend you for that, I can see all that hard work is time-consuming.

I like how the stories keep true to the old horror style of having new characters every story, linked together by the narrator, a jester-like character. And I do like this narrator, I would love to hear what his name is! Because the story is slow moving but I gather more plot driven then character development, we do not get a serious in-depth look at the characters, and they appear a tad flat. 'Depressed man,' 'lonely girl,' 'mysterious old lady' etc, they do not have names, except for Anne. But at the same time I know they will never appear again (I assume), so I am a bit torn on my opinion.

Overall I really like this comic, and I hope it gets published. My all time favorite scene is when the woman drags him into the water to be with him forever. So grisly! Nice work VegaX!

Really wonderful reviews and comments people. I truly appreciate them.

It is so good to read how you reacted to certain stuff and characters, both good and bad. It truly is valuable and really helps the progress on future stories.

Thanks a bunch! :)

My first review, we'll see how this goes.

And what a great comic for a first review! It was like nothing I've seen before on the duck, not sure how I managed to bipass it thus far. Takes me back to the short horror stories I used to read as a kid, classic, haunting and built apon great concepts. Both the "Lost love/magic potion" story (I didn't see a title, maybe I missed it), and the "Lighthouse and the Painting" story were intriguing and pulled me right in.

Okay, I'll try dividing this up like the other review-ers do:

Story:

Like I said, classic and intriguing. They were a perfect legnth, not so long you're wondering when it'll end, and not too short that you were left feeling unsatisfied. The rhyming scheme was fine, I probably would have liked it just as much without it. But maybe it's the rhyming that reminded me of childhood short horror stories, made if feel refreshing. Like someone else commented, sometimes the grammar or phrases suffer when it's forced to rhyme, but I thought it was handled decently enough. It's a give or take, I guess (the rhyming element). Overall though, excellent storytelling, leaves the reader wanting to know what happens. For what it's worth, the endings weren't a complete surprise, it was a little expected... but maybe that's just me. It felt familiar, but maybe that's not a bad thing. Depends on what the author intended. 9/10

Artwork:

Pretty good! the colors and compostion get 10/10, I loved some of the perspectives used, and the fact that little panels and boxes didn't have to be used. It's tough to go from scene to scene flawlessly with out sectioning everything off, but the artist did an awesome job of this! My only real complaint is that sometimes the drawing suffered, in how the anatomy was drawn, especially the hands in certain areas. I understand that it's stylized, but it's not consistant enough throughout... thus making a few areas stand out. 8/10 for the drawing/inking. The textures are awesome, add that extra elements needed to give the comic a certain mood perfect for the horror aspect. Totally digging that part of the artwork. So, overall, 9/10 for the artwork.


Other notes:

I like the idea of the "jester" character Juno telling the stories, and appearing here and there throughout (like when he's fishing, that was great!). A wonderful touch! Also good that he's not in EVERY page of the story, just enough so the reader remembers who's telling the story.

I know they are short stories, but the main characters lack a little depth. A little glimpse into their past or a more prominent personality quirk, maybe... it'd be tough to do and not drag the story out past that "perfect" length, but I guess I wanted to know a little more about this lonely girl in the lighthouse story, or more about the widow-er in the first story.

Overall, this was a great read, definitely fav'd and I want more! 9.5/10!!!

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seriously, that expression sums it all up.

But if you wan't more detail, here you go:

Full Moon stories will probably send shivers down your spine. It's very creepy, and somewhat surreal. Although the atmosphere is generally edgy, you can also make a fun game out of comic which involves locating Juno, the jester who tells the stories, and who is hidden in a few strips. (My favorite was when I saw him fishing in the background =D)

The art is very good. There is alot of shadow, and the creepier characters are drawn quite well.

The stories are told in the form of couplets, which have a natural knack for giving off an eerie feel. For the most part, the rhymes are well done. However, there are a few instances where the rhymes are a bit too wordy. Luckily, this doesn't attract too much attention. But its still there.

Overall, this comic is a very enjoyable read. I look forward to more stories from it.

9/10

I like the art, especially the coloring. Very dramatic and fits the mood of the stories well. The page compositions are very effective and I enjoy them.

The writing is good. I'm not such a big fan of the rhyming, since, to me at least, it seems forced. But it also doesn't turn me off. The stories are very, very good -- they remind me, in tone at least, of the best of the old EC Comics in the fifties. (Hey, even I was too young to read them the first time around!)

Incidentally, I love the full moon in the background of all the pages. Really love it. It sets the tone for the strip but does not distract from it.

I came upon it while I was looking for strips to review -- in hopes that I'll be able to get my own stuff reviewed some time. However I am glad to have found Fullmoon Stories, and have faved it. Keep makin' them, I'll keep readin' them.

Hokay, not too keen on reading through all these reviews right now, so forgive me if I repeat what others have said.

The first thing that grabs my attention with this comic, is the massive amounts of detail put into each frame... it looks like a lot of care has been put into each piece of the frames, and it pays off... immediately making the comic more visually appealing. The usage of blending frames seamlessly into each other is a really interesting effect, that aids well in the flow of the story.

On the critique side of things, I'd say the weakest point of this comic would be anatomy... the intricate details go a long way to disguise anatomy issues, but it's still noticeable. In some frames head and neck sizes seem to change drastically. Characters at times also seemed like they didn't quite know what to do with their hands... though this doesn't seem to be the case with the latest story arc (story 3).

Other than character body proportions/structure, I can't think of anything else to critique this comic on... the artist seems to be well experienced, so all I can add is, keep it up man!

Not too late, not too soon, let me give you a review of Fullmoon Stories!

Being a fan of the short and sweet horror stories on TV (Tales From The Crypt, Twilight Zone, Are You Afraid Of The Dark?, and so on), I was quick to pick up a collection of original short horror stories and it didn't take long for me to be a fan! First things first, anyone who can narrate in prose is an ace in my book. The stories are told in couplet poetic prose which adds to the fantasy element nicely. In the artwork, I find the biggest redeaming quality is the shading. VegaX has put up a couple of "making of" pages after the second story to show off his technique, and this not only shows how hard he works but all the difference the right shading puts the mood. The stories themselves are haunting, mysterious, and kept me on the edge of my seat wanting more. Here's a comic that can captivate an audience from beggining to end with little effort.

In my final thoughts, this is a must-read for the horror crowd who loves a good story. There are two finished stories and a third still in progress that shows lots of promise, and that I'll faithfully be waiting for as it continues.

No one can tell you, nobody knows, where the perfect ten comes from, where the perfect ten goes... I give this comic a PERFECT TEN!

Personally I've never been a fan of the horror genre. Fear is simply to easy an emotion to evoke. That being said, "Full Moon Stories" has allot more going for it than simple fear. The "Hebbie jebies" might be a more accurate description. It has mood. It has a sense of it's own identity. These are perhaps the most important aspects of any story, regardless of the genre.

The mood comes from three factors.

The first is heavy color saturation with soft gradients, quote to opposite of the “paint by numbers” appearance of many comics, the soft, vivid coloration is somewhat reminiscent of interior shots of the human body. Everything has the feel of being backlit though a sheet of skin and flesh. This goes a long way in establishing a creepiness factor and adds a dreamlike quality- there is no sense of a change in location. The reader drifts like a ghost between each environment.

The lines themselves are a bit rough. I think the artist might benefit greatly with some simple geometry constants. This is most evident in the poor sense of perspective, which detracts from the overall mood by implying a childlike quality to the overall sense of detail. The lack of consistent perspective however adds a sense of surrealism however and therefore this is a very minor compliant, and the last factor easily sways this review back into the positive spectrum.

Soft composition. This again leads to a dreamlike quality. One page in particular features a brilliant technique. The curtains in the last frame are actually hanging from the ground plane of the frame above! If this were a film it would feature a lot of clever cuts such as we see in “Highlander” when introducing a flashback.

The writing was exactly what I would expect from the genre and not the least bit campy, which is very difficult with the horror genre (as it is with sci-fi, fantasy or any genre where you can;t fall back on pop culture references), yet I was ever so slightly disappointing. I do like a surprise now and then.

Overall I give "Full Moon Stories" the following mark:
Scale of one to ten:

Colors: 9
Lines: 6
Composition: 10
Writing: 8
Overall: 9

That's for a fulfilling read. This was a fun review to write :)

These short stories really have a classical style to them. The coloring is top-notch blending nicely from transition to transition and giving everything a darkly lit tone. I really enjoyed the story with the dude and his wife, even though the beginning foreshadowed a lot of what you knew was going to happen. I think the writing is amazing with how the story is told through poetry and very clear to understand. I think the art has its own unique style to that gives it that fantasy dream like feel working with colors. My only issue would be that the lines are a bit rough at times, other than that I thought this was great.

I enjoyed your style its loose and freeflowing,but I cant help but wonder if its your best.Your layouts are beautiful but I think they would be even betterwith a more complete finish.cant really say anything other than that.your story seems well paced.thanks for sharing your talent.Roy

This draws me in on just the art alone. It's also, thankfully, not too text heavy. Text isn't bad but it should never overpower your comic strip. This is just beautiful. Very beautiful. I think this guy is only going to keep getting better with his art!

A+ out of a possible A+

Full Moon stories ticks the first box for what I like to see in a comic.
It is original and different to other comics I've read.
It follows a strange, unnamed weirdly masked narrator who spins sinister tales of supernatural woe and cruel poetic justice to the reader when the moon is full at midnight.
Rather delightfully, the narrator takes no part in the stories, and yet appears throughout them, as a reflection in a mirror, a member of an audience, or just leaving his grotesque mask laying around-
http://www.drunkduck.com/Fullmoon_Stories/index.php?p=246104
He tells us a series of stand alone morality tales, which invariably seem to involve the unwary falling foul of a an unspeakable fate!
I really enjoyed the art of Full Moon Stories. It is not always flawless, with a few of the characters faces and shapes being a bit inconsistent and in places the images seem a bit crude, but in other places it has an astounding level of detail.
For example-
http://www.drunkduck.com/Fullmoon_Stories/index.php?p=111734
There is such a rich level of detail added in here, you can play a sinister version of Where's Wally? with the narrator.
I felt that some pages seemed to receive more love then others, with some receiving huge amounts of care and others being more rushed and simplistic.
The author needs to work on maintaining a consistent standard, though I am happy to report that the art does improve significantly as the comic progresses.
Rather fittingly, the backgrounds in the comic are often out of proportion. This is not an error from the artist, but a deliberate choice to make the world of these Stories strange and dreamlike, and very nice it is too.
The comic also uses a lot of Interesting page layouts, which I greatly enjoyed, such as this one-
http://www.drunkduck.com/Fullmoon_Stories/index.php?p=266482
The text in the comic is almost always done in short sections of poetry from the narrator, as he spins his dark tales.
This was actually my biggest problem with the comic. Not the concept, which i love, but occasionally the execution was off.
The rhythm of the poetry is sometimes wrong, for example-
"The Old General lost it all in pursuit of power and glory,
it is quite a sad story"
This should be something like-
"The General failed in his quest for glory,
now addled by drink, he repeats his sad story"
As someone who dabbles in poetry, I think Full Moon Stories really needs more attention to this aspect.
Also, when writing poetry one should always make each line of the verse get a new line of text.
For example
""The Old General lost it all in pursuit of
power and glory, it is quite a sad story" is how the text appears in the comic.
The poetry should be presented like this-
"The Old General lost it all in pursuit of power and glory,
it is quite a sad story"
This would make the rhythm of the poetry far easier for the reader to follow.

Full Moon Stories is something bold and different. The author is really attempting something challenging and while not achieving total success, does create a unique and interesting comic that I would recommend everyone check out, I think it is going to garner a strong following.
And because of the miracle of the internet, you don't even have to wait till full moon at midnight to read it! (though that might make it even creepier, I haven't dared try it yet...)

Well it certainly is something worthy to read.Also, you can see that you put lots of time in every page, and the pages have lots charm of this unique style.Its definitely old school, something different...

We follow few stories, narrated by a mysterious masked man.The narrator is all-knowing, about future, present and past.He seems like a very dark and powerful character himself, containing many twisted and horrible stories in his head.The man also looks pretty cruel, making an entertainment from people's tragedy's, leaving them to suffer...

The comics itself seems like a version of Happy Tree Friends, just in a deeper way.You can almost tell that the life for the character will only get worse and worse, there are barely any "lights in the tunnel"(or none, now when I think about it).Also, while reading it, I felt like I feel when I wake up after a nightmare. Sometimes I like the feeling...But you could get depressed if you are planning to read all pages at once like I did.But its ideal for people who like horror movies, dead stuff,or to call spirits from other world...For me, its was a very interesting read, but since I love to laugh and smile, its not really my cup of tea...

The artwork.Since I'm drawing a comics myself, like most of the people here, I can know how much work you need to put in it to get it done.And I can tell that this artwork of yours amazed me.In some pages I was like "wow, that should have taken ages to finish".Although you can see that theres still many space to improve...I mean, the artwork is more than "pretty good" but I think you could do so much better...

The writing.Well, I don't know any comics on DD to compare it.I'm talking about rhymes...I love it.In some places, its cheesy, but mostly, its brilliant.Do you write poems or anything like that?

Summing-up.Well despite imperfections, this comics is one of the best on DD I think...It still have little pages, and the chosen story telling(many different story's) might never let you to break into tops, this could really be an excellent comics.Keep up the good work!!

Rokas