Grovel UK Contraband Review

Andy Shaw from UK graphic novel review site Grovel pulls out some pros & cons about Contraband giving Phil's slick art a solid 4 out of 5 score.


"Most good science fiction is based on an extrapolation of the future, which has a plausible basis in current society. Contraband’s basic premise does this quite well, starting with internet video sites like YouTube and looking at how they could, eventually, become a nightmare."

Comixology's Peter Jaffe Reviews Contraband

Peter Jaffe from Comixology recently checked out Contraband and had a few things to say about the GN's artwork and narrative.


"The artwork by Phil Elliott (with inks by Ian Sharman and gray tones by Cherie Donovan) has a cartoony feel that consciously focuses attention on the foreground image; faces of characters standing behind the speaker become progressively less detailed as they move farther back in the panel, while important moments are emphasized by a startling realism....the dialogue is nicely written and entertaining, if unremittingly cynical. It does have the effect of making everyone sound like a philosopher, though."

Contraband Review at Newsarama

Here are a few words from Michael May regarding the comic...


"There are rewards for those willing to stick with the book. For one thing, Behe has a great voice in all that text. People in Contraband don’t talk the way real people do, but that’s just fine. They talk better than real people do. They tend to go on and on (Tucker especially loves to speechify and given that he’s usually threatening people at the same time, there were several instances when I wondered why someone didn’t just jump him mid-lecture), but they sure are entertaining as they’re doing it."