Dynamic Rodent is a comic created and written by Gifford Blyton Roberts with art by Millipede Lee and colors by Macarena Duarte and Gerónimo Caldora. After an incident at a factory a young boy decides to become a superhero. This comic deals with the struggle of change and the attempt to forge a new identity. Our lead character is a fourth grader named Joey Blyton who lives his dad and has high aspirations. He has a friend named Cody and a babysitter named Rebecca. The plot follows Joey after his incident turns him into basically an anthropomorphic mouse and now he believes he must become a hero. So we get to see how his dreams react to reality. The violence here looks nastier due to the art and the hits seem pretty heavy. This is a very fast-paced story that’ll have you confused. You will be questioning how they got from Point A to Point G in just a few panels. This story does get intense in a few moments as this kid finds himself in danger frequently. The dialogue does sound like it would come from a kid, and none of these pages are wordy. When reading this comic you might have to hold on to something because it moves very fast and it will have you wondering what’s really going on with this kid.

            The art style here is a bit rough and looks like something out of a children’s book with varying quality from panel-to-panel and page-to-page. Proportions aren’t consistent here and there is a wide range of colors. The scenery is well done and the backgrounds tend to be filled with something and usually persist through multiple panels. The main location of this story is Joey’s house which we’ll get a pretty extensive view of throughout the story. Joey does travel to many different places like his school, a park, and through a neighborhood. This comic is very expressive as these characters give us a wide range of looks. Faces are drawn decently enough that the looks they give off are usually easy to understand. The action gets bloody with scenes being relatively short except for a sole lengthy one. These scenes can get disjointed with some unfilled gaps between moments.

“Is this worth reading?”

Only if you like everything about this.

“Would I like this?”

If you like stories centered on kids with heroic aspirations and real life struggles this is for you.

“What would this comic’s film rating be?”

PG-13.

“Could I get a quote from the comic?”

“But I feel fine. So going to the hospital is stupid.”

 

Purchase Link: https://www.indyplanet.com/dynamic-rodent

 

***** I received this review copy for free. *****

***IN-DEPTH COMIC STATS BELOW***

Probably Contains Spoilers

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Actual Pages(not counting covers and credits): 37

Violent Pages: 10, for 27% of the comic

Sexy Pages: 0, for 0% of the comic

 

**The levels below aren’t necessarily maintained throughout the whole comic, but they were definitely reached**

 

Violence Level – 3

“Wasn’t no tussling at all.”

“Sometimes you gotta hit somebody.”

“I’m getting charged with how many counts of assault?”

“This was a tournament arc.”

“All my life I had to fight.”

 

Gore Level – 3

“The only thing leaking out your face is tears.”

“Looks like somebody spilled some ketchup.”

“Might need to soak that up with a bath towel.”

“That isn’t supposed to be outside the body.”

“This is a slaughterhouse.”

 

Death Level – 1

“And everybody lived happily ever after.”

“We might have gone to a couple funerals.”

“It just LOOKS like a serial killer was here.”

“Yeah this was a tragedy.”

“Think Gettysburg.”

 

Porn Level – 1

“Everybody kept their clothes on.”

“I guess it was too hot for a bra.”

“Sometimes you got to let everything air out.”

“This is like late night Cinemax in the early 2000’s.”

“Oh. This is porn.”