YMMV / Isom

• Overshadowed by Controversy: It's very hard to find any discussion about Isom that does not bring up Eric D. July's conservative libertarian politics - indeed, a major selling point of his comic is that it's intended to prove that one can be successful in the comic-book industry without having to promote a liberal progressive viewpoint. Not helping things is that the first issue was so thin on plot and characterization that many critics have complained that it's hard to say what the story is supposed to be about.
• Padding: A big problem with the writing is that July is trying to build a wider universe, and as such keeps introducing new characters or sub-plots in order to world build, only to distract Isom from the main story, which has taken 3 issues to resolve. The second book is the worst with this because it stops halfway through to introduce the supernatural side with new characters and a villain who has nothing to do with the current story. Not helped is that each issue is a graphic novel length story roughly 100 pages long each.
• So Okay, It's Average: While there's nothing terrible about the story and the artwork is solid, it doesn't do anything to set itself apart from other comics out there.
• They Wasted a Perfectly Good Plot: The series starts after Isom's first attempt at being a superhero, with his reasons for quitting being shown in the second book, and super powered individuals being accepted and common enough to just be referred to as Excepts. However for a new universe, it would have been interesting to see the birth of superheroes, the public's initial reaction to their appearance and how they became accepted.

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