Alice Never After # 1-5

Title: Alice Never After # 1
Publisher: BOOM! Studios
Created by: Dan Panosian
Written by: Dan Panosian
London Illustred by: Dan Panosian
Wonderland Illustrated by: Giorgio Spalletta with assistance by Cyril Glerum
Colored by: Francesco Segala with assistance by Gloria Martinelli
Lettered by: Jeff Eckleberry
Cover by: Dan Panossian 
Variant Covers by: Jenny Frison, Inhyuk Lee, Sean Murphy with Colors by Dave Stewart, Dan Panosian
Price: $ 4.99 US
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Website: www.boom-studios.com
Comments: Poor Alice doctors experimented on her and now she is all messed up in the head. She does though in her head live out a fantasy of being in Wonderland. All the characters from Wonderland live in her head and the world in her mind does seem so real. Alice does not deserve this fate. Her family do care for her but only her sister is trying to get her back to her normal self before the experiments. 
  Alice's sister Edith does care and love Alice. 
  Alice inside her head is such a delight, you will fall in love with her character. She does get a surprise as do we all. This will certainly change things up in Wonderland. 
  Alice is just such a dfelight. She is drawn beautifully as well. The story just flows along and is over before you know it. 
  This take on Wonderland is off the wall and will captivate you. Meanwhile is the real world Alice is alive if not well. It is like two different stories are going on at the same time. 


Title: Alice Never After # 2
Publisher: BOOM! Studios
Created by: Dan Panosian
Written by: Dan Panosian
London Illustred by: Dan Panosian
Wonderland Illustrated by: Giorgio Spalletta with assistance by Cyril Glerum
Colored by: Francesco Segala with assistance by Gloria Martinelli
Lettered by: Jeff Eckleberry
Cover by: Dan Panossian
Variant Covers by: Miguel Mercado, Adam Hughes, Dan Panosian
Price: $ 4.99 US
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Website: www.boom-studios.com
Comments: Alice is dressing up as the Red Queen and she is a vision of loveliness. Her checkerboard leggings really stand out. She is the Queen of Hearts.   
  In the real world Alice's Dr. father and the former warden are having a nice conversation about how she will blackmail him. 
  The Cheshire Cat and Alice find themselves both in a courtroom as the Cheshire Cat wants Alice's ban lifted. He wants back into Wonderland. The art is used to show he is a sly lying little devil. Alice does hate the Cheshire Cat and the Cheshire Cat has a way of twisting things around in his favor. Alice now she comes up with a good question where is the White Rabbit always running off to that he is late for? 
  Alice as Queen now also has a chose to make. Will she choose? In Wonderland, inside Alice's head in her imagination anything is possible.
  In the real world Alice's sister is trying to find a way to help her even as Alice's father is trying to find a way to make her condition worse. 
  The mixing of reality and imagination works so well here. Alice in either world is a delight and so easy to fall in love with. Her beauty is both outside and within. 


Title: Alice Never After # 3
Publisher: BOOM! Studios
Created by: Dan Panosian
Written by: Dan Panosian
London Illustred by: Dan Panosian
Wonderland Illustrated by: Giorgio Spalletta with assistance by Cyril Glerum
Colored by: Francesco Segala with assistance by Gloria Martinelli
Lettered by: Jeff Eckleberry
Cover by: Dan Panossian
Variant Covers by: Justine Florentino, Dan Panosian, Bill Sienkiewicz
Price: $ 4.99 US
Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
Website: www.boom-studios.com
Comments: Alice is entertaining marriage proposals from a variety of suitors. Alice does look beautiful as the Queen of Hearts. The Cheshire Cat especially with his grin looks wickedly evil. Alice finds dealing with the Cheshire Cat upsetting. 
  Alice is shown realizing that all of this Alice in Wonderland is not her real home. She is heartboken over missing her home and family. Edith Alice's sister is trying to find a way to help restore Alice's mind. Edith does love her sister. 
  It is great to see Alice decide how she lives her life in Wonderland. 
  In the real world Alice has another surprise for those around her. 
  This fairytale and the way it interweaves with the real world works well. In the real world Alice does very little but in her mind in Wonderland she is a Queen. 
  The issue could have used more action and excitement and or more drama. 
  This is not like the classic story here you will soot off in entirely new and different directions. 
  How will this new twist now affect Alice and how will it affect Wonderland? 


Title: Alice Never After # 4
Publisher: BOOM! Studios
Created by: Dan Panosian
Written by: Dan Panosian
London Illustred by: Dan Panosian
Wonderland Illustrated by: Giorgio Spalletta with assistance by Cyril Glerum
Colored by: Francesco Segala with assistance by Gloria Martinelli
Lettered by: Jeff Eckleberry
Cover by: Dan Panossian
Variant Covers by: Zu Orzu, Dan Panosian, Tula Lotay
Price: $ 4.99 US
Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
Website: www.boom-studios.com
Comments: Alice ate to much and now is floating off. The Cheshire Cat is acting up and does seem intent on causing poor Alice harm. 
  The real world is reflected inside Alice's mind. She is with child in the real world and in her mind her stomach has swollen from to many sweets. 
  Now Alice is being pressured to get married. She chooses whom she will marry turning down a few odd candidates. Alice does realize she is in her own mind and that she is the one creating it all. Yet she does let it carry on and she keeps living her dream as if it were real. 
  Ok the ending here leaves a few ideas as to what it means. The White Rabbit being there is weird yet in a way fitting. Alice and the White Rabbit are now tied together somehow. 
  The art is most excellent. Alice is a beauty, the Cheshire Cat has a weird evil vibe about him. The other characters are fun and very playful. Overall this Wonderland is a fantasy and one she can control. 


Title: Alice Never After # 5
Publisher: BOOM! Studios
Created by: Dan Panosian
Written by: Dan Panosian
London Illustred by: Dan Panosian
Wonderland Illustrated by: Giorgio Spalletta with assistance by Cyril Glerum
Colored by: Francesco Segala with assistance by Gloria Martinelli
Lettered by: Jeff Eckleberry
Cover by: Dan Panossian
Variant Covers by: Dani with colors by Tamra Donvillian, Dan Panosian, Sozomaika
Price: $ 4.99 US
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Website: www.boom-studios.com
Comments: The White Rabbit we get to find out more about him and why he is always late. 
  Inside Alice's mind she has accepted that she is with child. The Cheshire Cat is an evil influence and trying to get her baby away. The main characters in Alice's mind correspond to ones exiting in the real world.  
  Edith does care about her sister. She wants her back to normal.
  Alice in her mind seems lost, she is confused and has no idea what to do. She knows things she does not want to do. She needs to step up and make decisions for herself. Alice does finally make a decision. She stands up for herself and does what she wants to. Cheshire Cat does not get his way. You can easily tell how untrustworthy he is.  
  Alice taking charge finds in her mind a maze. Her and Dodo make therre way into the maze. Alice does finally realize who controls Wonderland. 
  The characters in Wonderland do have a cartoon appearance yet sometimes the raelity of who they are peaks through. 
  Alice was experimented on and her brian damaged yet her indominable will sees her through. Alice's mind never fully give in and it was always fighting to get back. Most people had lost hope in her. Only her one sister did not and of course Alice never fully did. Alice shows here she is a fighter. Whether in her mind or in the real world Alice is Alice and she is in control. 
  This issue does make for a nice ending to this series. 

Richard Vasseur