This one's by the Artist Formerly Known as Myxomatosis (now Terminal).

http://www.drunkduck.com/LAX_Light_Motion_Dreams/

A wonderful illustration of one of America's busiest airports. Terminal's experiment, a brilliant blend of sight and sound, works with such synergy it takes readers to higher levels of "synesthesia."

"Holy mindf@ck, Batman!" says Ebert and Roeper

How'd you like that? Used a thesaurus and everything. I think I even used the right Dreamcast game reference.

Ok, enough fluff.

First of all, let me tell you how much I liked this comic. I liked it. What I loved most was the way it depicts LAX and the city surrounding it. You kinda have to be around the area awhile to fully appreciate what makes Los Angeles so intriguing, but you don't have to visit its airport to understand what this comic's about. LAX is like any other major airport, the only difference is its relevance to its city. Some people like to think (at least my grandfather did) of the airport as the heart of Los Angeles. It constantly pumps family members, immigrants, CEOs and all other people from all walks of life into the overcrowded city while helping others escape from all the chaos. It makes for such an awesome setting. Good choice.

The art style works. The drawings of LAX and the surrounding city area are spot on even if they are a bit sketchy. The soft, blurry lines in the earlier pages made me think about all the pollution in the city. It made me think about how often people confuse the smog in LA for the mist of a dream and that's what this comic felt like. A dream. Heheh, I don't know if that was what you were going for, Terminal, but that's what I got out of it. In some areas though, the sketchiness was distracting because lines were going all over the place and it was difficult focusing on what was meant to be focused on. The slide show segments were genius. The music and timing were just spot on. I was always giddy with excitement when one of these came up.

The character development and story still seem to be too early in development to properly gauge but the premise is interesting enough to me. The character designs put me off for a bit. The manga style characters looked out of place with all the palm trees and In-n-Outs. I guess I'm just used to seeing them in a Japanese environment. It just took a bit of getting used to. Another problem I had with the characters was that I couldn't tell some of them apart. In one scene, Chris was facing off against a fugitive who looked almost like him. The only way I could distinguish one from the other was their dialogue. Overall the story and characters (at least for me) took a backseat to the design and setting of the comic. I like to think of the airport as the main character of the whole shebang. Sort of like how Martin Scorsese has his New York, Terminal has his LAX.

Was the experiment a success? Yeah, I'd like to think so.

Does it need work? Yeah, in a few places.

"Two thumbs up?" Shut up, Ebert.

pretty kick-ass style you got going here.

Art:
It's sketchy, has some defined lines and some not so much. I'm guessing the lighter and sketchier the line, the more it's ment for shading. But some times it's just too dang hard to really tell who's who, what's what, where's where. It gets really confusing on what's going on sometimes and often times got me lost in the conversations just by trying to figure out who was who. But it's also a really cool effect that catches the story. but some of the pages seemed really empty. Not sure what to really say. The characters lacked facial expressions from what I could see. Maybe a little more emotion in the faces. Try some more defined lines, at least in areas that the focus is on.

Story:
Due to the art style I got really lost in the story. I honestly couldn't keep up. :/ Maybe it's just me.


Your art style is pretty cool. But it lost me with dialouge and storyline. I'm sorry I really couldn't give you a good "Happy go lucky" review. :/ But I tried to keep up... it just lacks some of the things I like seeing in comics. (Facial expressions, dark, defined lines.) Don't take anything personally, this comic just isn't something I'd read. Keeping drawing it. There are people who read it. :)

And other reviewers DON'T beat me!

LAX Light motion Dreams

No one will remember what I am about to say, but I shall say it anyway for Terminal. When GR was in its infancy all those long years ago, (like 2 or 3â?¦maybe 4) Terminal gave me great tips! I read his old archive too, back in the day. Then I was so far behind I wanted to read the new one in one sitting, and now I have the excuse to today. I am very sorry for not doing it sooner!!

First couple of pages uses a hard to read font but the font changes to a better one, so all is well. It has amazing backgrounds including cityscapes that absolutely amaze me! I gather he works there, so you really know the airport and surrounding areas well, and the angles are also really cool too. The photorealism backgrounds adds the non-fiction part of the comic-LAX actually exists. The real photos and the ones he creates effectively shows (not tells) the reader that Los Angeles is crowded with cars, airplanes in the sky and people. A lot of people.

The art has a cool style to it; it is angular, especially in the faces. Despite it being stylized, the people actually seem to fit into the background nicely. And he strayed from his style to try new things: the ms paint page (it looks so painful to actually complete!), the sim-city page following it (very funny), and the peanuts inspired page (also very funny). I do not believe the inclusion of these different pages was intruding on the overall flow of the story, which I liked.

Emo computersâ?¦who cannot laugh? There is music in the comic too, through I have never heard it. My old computer could not play them and I review at school, I have to leave that part out, though I do say I believe that is pretty original.
Those two are funny together, like two radio hosts who have 'chemistry'. It took awhile for the actual plot to go, but I think it was worth the wait. We got to see their life and a look at LAX. And for someone like me who has never been on a plane that was cool.

Overall I really like the comic and the redone version is greatly improved. And Chris is not ugly T_T