Animals in armors with blades!!
Anthropomorphization has always been a constant in humanity's tales, in parables, in fables, romances and comics too - giving feelings and humanizing creatures, in order to pass along a story, are traits that interest me, a lot, so when I heard that Valerio Schiti was penciling a comic book about animals fighting each other, it was a no brainer to me! Artisticaly speaking, this is Schiti's best work, showing tremendous evolution from his stint in Dungeons & Dragons - Infestations, showing great movement, storytelling, beginning, middle and end, great individualization of the characters, an interesting urban scenario in war and amazing battle/action scenes! Unfortunately the writing is not match to the art: instead of exploring the characters in their own planet, focusing in more battles, the writer chose to tell the tale of our heroes going to Earth in order to prevent the other Beasts of finding a mortal weapon: the Battle Beasts are in an endless war with each other, searching for the Dread Weapons and some (only our three heroes) think they can be used for peace. The story isn't new in any aspect, a dangerous weapon on Earth and aliens fighting each other to take control of it? Try the movie He-Man - Masters of the Universe and you'll se what I'm talking about. Also, the humans characters were stereotypes too, especially Bliss' brother. I also didn't like some motivations and backgrounds of the heroes beasts, especially a serious contradiction made about Vorin's past (about his father). But this was worth reading and as an amusement hour, if you choose to read it, don't expect great dialogues and a perfect narrative, but the art is awesome and the plot is decent. Also, the beasts are super cool (they are all here, from orca to anteater)
