Young Rebels #01

Young Rebels #01

Evoluzione Publishing 2021

Written by Marcel Dupree & Justin Dutton

Illustrated by Alti Firmansyah & Justin Dutton

Coloured by Sakti Yuwono & Bhakt Ranjan

Lettered by Marco Della Verde

Marcos Martinez is a boy genius bored with life. He just sold his social media app Clock to a Chinese company. Now retired he wants to explore different theories. One theory he wants to crack is time travel. Doing so leads him into a life that he was totally unprepared for.

Evoluzione Publishing is like the little engine that could, they are small but mighty and are all too quietly putting out some solid books. This being one of them. There is a main story and a backup and while I'm not sure how they connect, if they do or should, I'm excited to see the next issue and learn what is going on. The idea isn’t too far-fetched when you think about it. There are children that have made millions based on Apps and such already so to see Marcos who has accomplished everything he’s set his mind to get excited over something well you know it’s going to be something exciting and disastrous all at the same time. After all, when has anything really good come from rash decision making and jumping into things without looking first?

I’m very much enjoying the way that this is being told. The story & plot development that we see through how the sequence of events unfold as well as how the reader learns information is presented exceedingly well. The character development that we see through the dialogue, the character interaction as well as how we see them act and react to the situations and circumstances which they encounter does a marvellous job establishing their personalities. The pacing is excellent and as it takes us through the pages introducing us to the characters, the story and this world they live in it establishes what is to come.

I like how we see this being structured and how the layers within the story begin to emerge and grow. I also like how we see the layers within the story open up new avenues to be explored and how this adds such great depth, dimension and complexity to the story. I’m already intrigued by the characters we’re seeing and how green they all are which excites me in a different way since I’m assuming we’ll see them grow into their own together. How we see everything working together to create the story’s ebb & flow as well as how it moves the story forward are impeccably achieved.

While this is a YA series the interiors border on all-ages to young adult/adult in how we see them. I like the creativity and imagination that we see, particularly where Christopher is concerned, well the robot as well. I like how it brings these aspects to life. The way that we see backgrounds being utilised to enhance and expand the moments as well as how they work within the composition of the panels to bring out the depth perception, sense of scale and the overall sense of size and scope to the story. The utilisation of the page layouts and how we see the angles and perspective in the panels show a remarkable eye for storytelling. The various hues and tones within the colours being utilised to create the shading, highlights and shadow work show such a great understanding of how colour works.

The backup artwork is extraordinary and the linework plus the attention to detail is utterly phenomenal. The quality and level of work is astounding and it’s a huge difference from the more all-ages work of the main story. I’m blown away by the work we see as well as how we see the colour work. It’s all exceptional beyond belief.

​

This is what I love about comics, great stories from unknown creators can have a chance to shine bright like a diamond. This has all the potential of any teenage group of heroes that we’ve seen in the past and much more. It really feels like it could be on par with the Teen Titans or New Mutants. The writing is stupendous with some seriously strong characterisation alongside these delightful interiors are creating something extraordinary.