The first graphic novel I'm reviewing on my relaunched blog is The Silent Invasion: Red Shadow, which is set in America in the 1950's, during the cold war and is what I'd like to call Spy-Fi. It follows Matt Sinkage, a reporter who has some connection with a mysterious event that happened six months previously which he has no recollection of...only that it involves UFOs. Now he is monitored by the FBI and is under suspicion of being a communist agent or sympathiser...but is the truth so simple?
The simplistic nature of the drawings in this graphic novel bring the sinister side to this story to the fore. They are monochrome, 50's style images, similar to those you can see on the cover image. The story itself is a cross between The X-Files and The 39 Steps, but it flows quite well. However, one negative is that some of the characters look very similar so it is easy to get them confused and not realise at first which one is talking.
Overall, I liked it, but it wasn't a love. However, I would continue to read later volumes if they became available.
Star rating: 4/5
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