Ok, this is not a story about the rock group Creed's greatest Hits. Nor is it a collection at cheap shots at Creed's lead singer for allegedly sounding like Eddie Veder. Rather it is a review of a rather mediocre comic series, which just happened to have the same name.

     This sequential story of teen angst, love, and talking frogs that can turn into dragons is just as plain as they come. Mark, your ordinary run of the mill looser-hero type has some allowed the world of his imagination spill over into reality. From time to time, Mark slips into this world to fight off the darkness that is trying to enter reality, only to come back to class, and find himself committing random acts of violence on his classmates.

     While the concept is good the story lacks any real substance. The bobbing in and out of reality seemed to be indistinguishable and left me confused as to the course of the story. But the story alone was not lacking. Much of the confusion was due to artwork. While I am an avid fan of Black and White comics, Creed's artwork did not live up to the often clear and crisp reality that comes with such artwork. Creed's artwork tries to be gritty and dark, but it is so flagrant and romanticized it is very hard at times to make out what is going on.

     In my opinion the best part of Creed is Mark's companion on this adventure is a talking frog named Cascan Jep. Cascan Jep is the bomb! Cascan Jep is funny as hell and plays a sort of Jimminy Cricket role, only prone to use violence when helping out Mark. He can turn into a giant dragon that kills people brutally! Without any hesitation he takes out the bad guys. I would rather read a story about Cascan Jep he is just that damn cool!

     Overall this series as I have stated was mediocre at best. It was not all bad, but I was just not impressed.

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