Neverboy - Just remember drugs are bad mmmmkay

Neverboy Issue #1

Neverboy is written by Shaun Simon, art by Tyler Jenkins, colours by Kelly Fitzpatrick, letters by Nate Piekos and published by Dark Horse Comics. I heard that Neverboy deals with the concepts of imagination and reality, which caught my interest, but what really made me pick up Neverboy was the cover, I just love the way the face melts away into a mix of psychedelic colours, pills and faces.

Trippy

The story begins with our main character lazing about in a hospital emergency room waiting for an opportunity when he receives a call from his wife, Rachel, asking if he could pick up their son from school. As he leaves the hospital he sees his opportunity and steals a pill out of an over dosing patent's pocket saying he will "save this for tonight". As he leaves the hospital we learn that our main character's name is Neverboy.
At home Neverboy's wife, Rachel, and son, Ben, complain of being ignored by their friends. Neverboy begins telling his son about Sam, a friend he had when he was younger, and we begin to wonder if perhaps there is a reason people are ignoring Neverboy and his family. Things begin to unravel as we learn that Neverboy was Sam's imaginary friend and has been using drugs so him and his family can stay in the real world now that Sam is gone, Now the imaginary world are trying to pull them back.

The only character we have had any chance to get to know yet is Neverboy and despite the fact that he is "imaginary" when he talks about Sam's death he sounds lost and sad like any person would be losing someone so important in their life, it just feels so genuine that you can't help but be a little choked up by it.

The art of Neverboy is really interesting with dark outlines and odd shapes using a very simple unfinished look to the background so that your eye is always drawn to the character in the panel. The greatest credit to the art is how the colours and backgrounds become brighter and more psychedelic as reality begins to unravel. The concept of Neverboy opens up almost endless possibilities and should make for a thought provoking and emotional read.

I give Neverboy 3 out of 5 Fluffys.

Find out more about Neverboy here.