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of Freefall by Mark Stanley


"Sam falls way too often in the idiot or criminal cliches, so I often can predict the outcome of a certain situation will be Sam saying or doing something criminal or illegal. Situations involving Helix most often rely on his cuteness, and excessive cuteness just gets on my nerves. Hearing him say "DOGGY!" in front of Florence got old very, very quickly. Florence has the most interesting character of the bunch, but many times she decides to teach a long-winded lesson on science, history or ethics. It's jarring, annoying and more than a tad patronizing..."
Review by Cobra | Read Full Review | Read All Reviews of Freefall

"Freefall isn't just a humor comic. It's a hard sci-fi one as well. The best jokes come from observations centering around science, such as Sam's observation that "when Florence says it's simple, I won't understand a word of it." Though it doesn't take the time to explain the principles behind everything that happens, Freefall never bends physics or any other branch of science for the sake of a joke or the plot. It's simply observed and worked in. That's part of the reason Freefall has such an odd charm-in that respect, it's almost one of a kind."
Review by Benor | Read Full Review | Read All Reviews of Freefall

"When I happened apon FreeFall, and started reading, I got that funny feeling you get when you get very intrested in a webcomic... The feeling of starting from the begining and not doing anything until you finish, ending with bookmarking it and checking it when it updates. Yes, it's the dredded Productivity Virus. It happened many years ago, and I'm still reading."
Review by STrRedWolf | Read Full Review | Read All Reviews of Freefall

"The comic /could/ be called bland. Simplistic. Even unfunny. That would give it all it needs to be another Garfield. But oddly enough it's also engrossing, with a realistic unreality, and characters that you can really see as a crystalized whole, and can emphatize with and care about. Sam is the "mouth", Helix is the "heart", and Florence is the "brains" of the group."
Review by Dolphin42 | Read Full Review | Read All Reviews of Freefall

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