Casanova #1 and Paul Jenkins' Sidekick #1:
Osh-gosh-mc-gosh... look a review on a non- Marvel or DC floppy. I am going to some unfamiliar boundaries with reviewing a couple of new Image series: One with a hefty price tag and another with a wallet friendly one. Recently I was listening to a podcast from those guys at Around Comics and they were addressing the problems with rising prices of single issues and not able to try new comics because of it. People are more reluctant to buy new series because of the increasing price per issue of comics. It is an understandable fear. Why waste $4 on a comic that could suck? Here is going to the comic book store weekly really helps. When you go to your local comic store, you can thumb through the pages and sort of "try" the comic out, one of the big advantages of visiting your local store. So go visit you local comic store. Now back to your review…

Casanova #1: This comic has a cover price of $1.99, very wallet friendly, so I order it and guess what I like it.
Meet Casanova Quinn: scoundrel, thief and international man of leisure. The death of his twin sister ignites a cosmic blackmail scheme that forces Cass into the mind-bending life of a super-secret agent. Realities smash together, setting father against son, Us vs. Them and launching this slipstream sci-fi espionage epic!
Overall the art is fun and the lack of full color doesn’t hurt the comic one bit. The comic can be a little wordy and hard to follow, but the premise looks great and unique. If the cover price wasn’t 2 bucks I probably would have missed this little gem. I plan to pick up future issues and you should too. RATINGS: STORY- 7/10 ART- 8/10

Paul Jenkins’ Sidekick #1: Listed price is $3.50 and I almost passed on this one because of the price, but the cover art was appealing and I like Paul Jenkins’ work. So it was worth a go.
By day, he is mild-mannered pizza delivery boy, Eddie Edison. By night, he is also mild-mannered Eddie Edison…who just happens to be the alter ego of the Mister Excellent’s 20 something sidekick, Superior Boy. But the pay sucks. So Eddie settles upon an unlikely solution: He becomes a paid sidekick to three other superheroes, but soon finds out how hard it is to juggle the schedules of four super-powered morons.
This comic is actually fun and whimsical. It feels like a Three’s Company episode with superheroes. Art is good and fits with writing well. As for the story, it was good, but it worries me that Paul Jenkins might be dragging this story out with 5 issues when an one-shot might work better. RATINGS: STORY-7/10 ART- 7/10