Southern Cross - Nothing to do with bogan's tattoos.

Southern Cross #1

Southern Cross is written by Becky Cloonan, art by Andy Belanger, colours by Lee Loughridge, letters by Serge LaPointe and published by Image Comics.
Amber Braith worked on Titan, a moon pumped for its oil, on the Zemi rig. Amber died on Titan. It isn't uncommon for the workers on the dangerous Zemi rig to meet unfortunate ends but it is for the workers in administration like Amber.

Spacey!

The story follows Amber's sister, Alex, as she heads to Titan on the space tanker, The Southern Cross, to collect Amber's possessions and hopefully some answers. As Alex makes her way around the ship she discovers that her chatty cabin mate is heading an enquiry into her sister's death which just confirms Alex's suspicions that something is not right on Titan.

The art of Southern Cross is done well with interesting character designs although it does use some very stereotypical futuristic designs such as strange hair cuts (although the half shaved head thing seems to be popular in the present day) and oddly shaped glasses but they are done well and not over used. My favourite thing about the art in Southern Cross is that all of the panels are done in hues of blue, green, pink and yellow serving as a reminder that this is a man made world with no natural light.

You feel for Alex, she has had a troubled past that she is trying to distance herself from, she misses her sister and just wants answers as to what happened to her and has no time for making friends or exploring the wonders of space. As the story continues we do wonder about Alex's sanity as she shows signs that her grip on reality may be slipping but only time will reveal more to the reader. So far Alex has shown herself to be a typical "tough girl" with a pained past and I'm hoping that Alex is a little more padded out than that but I have hope a lot of hope for this series.

I give Southern Cross 3.5 out of 5 gravity drives.

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