Southpaw Review

      My mom pulled Southpaw by Scott Morse out of a pile of books she got at a thrift store or yard sale or somewhere and said, "You might like this." It is a little square book, maybe 6" by 6" or so. It is a fairly short comic that features one image per page. There is dialogue, but not a huge amount. Many of the pages feature pure imagery.
     And that imagery is nice. This story of a tiger boxer who is on the lam in the aftermath of some rigged fighting business is done all  in shades of orange, with the exception of the front and back cover. Skimming through it again quickly, it looks like just 3-4 different shades of orange, with many pages only having 2 tones. This works great with the art style, which is simple shapes for a lot of the backgrounds and objects, but more detailed texture on characters and certain objects.
     This book is really short. I read it in about 15-20 minutes while on break at work. The plot is pretty simple, but interesting. I really can't say anything about what happens without spoiling it since it is so short. There is a tiny bit of action and a handful of emotional scenes, and then it is over. It's quite a good read but it's not very memorable. I would definitely read more stuff by this artist in this art style though. Something longer would be great.
     Southpaw is a mediocre comic, tier 1.