Kissing Chaos

(Oni, 2003)

Kissing Chaos revolves around two hip young hoodlums forced to steal the same car as another young hoodlum. These kids are stuck together, on the run from the law, and much action and conflict ensues. It’s drawn in a neat sketchy pencilled style, but the whole package is printed way too dark, making it difficult to discern details.

It’s tough to judge the story based on just 16 pages, but it looks to be off to a good start. Creator Arthur Dela Cruz managed to introduce the protagonists and the situation quickly, leaving a lot of time in future issues for character development. It seems as if Cruz is planning on introducing a love triangle among main characters Damien, Angela, and Raevyn. Readers can expect a lot of sparks to fly, if this is what Cruz has in mind.

Kissing Chaos is meant to arrive in 16-page installments every three weeks (with a break during the holidays). It remains to be seen if Oni, not known for delivering on time, can stick to this schedule.

Text on the inside back cover claims that Oni is offering 16 black-and-white pages for $1.95 ($2.25 starting next issue) in a 6 by 9-inch mini-comic so as to bring in new readers. It won’t, if those readers can do a simple comparison and realize that Marvel and DC each charge $2.25 for a full-size, color comic book.

— Steve Horton

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