Dizchord

CW: parental death, human trafficking

After the lose of his father, Stephen Kibwaa realizes that he has a power he didn’t have before. Now he can hear the song of the souls around him. Hearing their song gives him the ability to sense their emotions and see their past memories. With this new power, Stephen is determined to carry out his father’s legacy.

The coloring throughout this was wonderful. It really played into the emotions of the story and was lighten when it needed to be and darker other times. This really helped me to get into the feel of the story and feel what the characters were going through.

Now, this was one issue. It’s difficult to judge plot and characters in one issue. There is a lot of story here that is still waiting to be told.

Dizchord has a lot of potential. Stephen and his alter ego Dizchord are interesting. The superpower alone is creative and wonderful! It’s interesting to see how that works. The fact that he’s using his power to help stop human trafficking (as well as bring his father’s killer to justice), is amazing. There are also bits of information at the end where you can learn more about human trafficking, so the author is really trying to bring this issue to light. All in all, I’m curious about him.

The plot is also peeks my curiosity about where all it will end up going. This issue set it up the plot well, but did have some info dumping at times. There were some panels that had so much dialogue and information that it was a little overwhelming. I think some information could have been spread out through some issues and have a slower reveal of all the information.

Dizchord could really be a great series. I think it could easily drawn in a number of people. I think this could be a comic to watch.

Dizchord is a cool concept. I’d gladly share this with fans of the medium as well as those who are new or the form, and I’d gladly share this art and storytelling with students and fellow readers.