Airship Enterprise Volume 1 Review

A year ago I stumbled upon the first issue of Airship Enterprise by Brian Denham on Comixology by chance and enjoyed what I read. Issue one introduced us to Janus Tibbs, the captain of Airship Enterprise, along with her incredibly diverse and talented crew, off into action after receiving a distress signal. I’m really excited to see more of these folks because when I first read issue one (15 pages) I was hooked and was down to read more. For those just now booking passage onto this fine ship, this will be up your alley if you’re into sci-fi, fantastic worlds and a slew of action packed pages.

No complaints here on the art as Denham does the work and does it well: you can see all the love and hard work pressed into these panels. Captain Tibbs and her crew: an eclectic bunch, populate the pages and they look fantastic. Her crew have different skin tones and hair textures, pointed ears and scales—you name it. The coloring job by Bevard (and the rest of the crew responsible for the coloring) really compliments Denham’s art which is a plus especially because machinery and bolts and bits can come across as dull. Here, none of it does and it’s lively, even.

Scenes of the crew huddled together in the boiler room making a plan aren’t ones to gloss over either as they seem more intimate, revealing more about who the Captain turns to for information, more backup, and for assurance. Full page spreads of the villain with a sickly green light from their lair that follows them as well as …