It's a parody, and a pretty good one at that. It pokes fun at a lot of the absurdities of the pokemon world (sending children out on a dangerous "adventure", having to tell pokemon what to do) without really subverting them. Since it's not too serious, Atticus' utter lack of knowledge on how the world of pokemon works comes across more as funny than annoying, and his selfish personality doesn't really help him at all, rather turning him into a bit of a butt monkey, which is a refreshingly realistic direction to take such a character. The other characters aren't really anything extremely outstanding: there's the good guy, the mysterious guy, the two criminals and the cheerful but dumb girl but the writing and the interactions between them is natural and believable enough to make for an entertaining read. The art is gorgeous and despite a rough start the updates are now coming nice and regularly. The plot hasn't really kicked off yet, but there are definitely hints of something other than the standard pokemon adventure.
It's also interesting to note that Atticus is really the rival character from a pokemon game rather than the hero, which makes the comic a bit different from its contemporaries. The "hero" archtype, Kahn, is a little bland though, with no really strong personality traits apart from a kind of vague friendliness, coming across as rather flat. George, the tagalong kid, is a bit better in this regard: she's kind of a chirpy miss exposition/cheerful kid without being too annoying about it.
All in all, its a well-made and affectionate parody of the pokemon franchise that's in its early days. You can easily get through the archive in a couple of hours, and its well worth doing it to see if you like it. That's what I did, anyway.
Worth a read.
It's a parody, and a pretty good one at that. It pokes fun at a lot of the absurdities of the pokemon world (sending children out on a dangerous "adventure", having to tell pokemon what to do) without really subverting them. Since it's not too serious, Atticus' utter lack of knowledge on how the world of pokemon works comes across more as funny than annoying, and his selfish personality doesn't really help him at all, rather turning him into a bit of a butt monkey, which is a refreshingly realistic direction to take such a character. The other characters aren't really anything extremely outstanding: there's the good guy, the mysterious guy, the two criminals and the cheerful but dumb girl but the writing and the interactions between them is natural and believable enough to make for an entertaining read. The art is gorgeous and despite a rough start the updates are now coming nice and regularly. The plot hasn't really kicked off yet, but there are definitely hints of something other than the standard pokemon adventure.
It's also interesting to note that Atticus is really the rival character from a pokemon game rather than the hero, which makes the comic a bit different from its contemporaries. The "hero" archtype, Kahn, is a little bland though, with no really strong personality traits apart from a kind of vague friendliness, coming across as rather flat. George, the tagalong kid, is a bit better in this regard: she's kind of a chirpy miss exposition/cheerful kid without being too annoying about it.
All in all, its a well-made and affectionate parody of the pokemon franchise that's in its early days. You can easily get through the archive in a couple of hours, and its well worth doing it to see if you like it. That's what I did, anyway.