User:ZenForce

Just a comic enthusiast that also writes fiction when my brain is not a chaos of ideas, which is really strange that not happen. -- List of Reviews:
 * Antibunny
 * Darwin Carmichael is Going to Hell
 * Syd's World
 * Moonlace (Warning: NSFW)
 * Cigarro & Cerveja
 * Bongo and Luna
 * School Days (Warning: NSFW, or anyone in general)
 * Target Miss (Warning: NSFW, or anyone in general)
 * Boyfriends
 * Parallax

Collaborations:
 * Rascals (Images)

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Rating Summary

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Background
When I was inspecting the page of Bongo and Luna to see if the author updated something, I founded this announcement, so I searched the webcomic and… Look, Alfedro, I don’t know how you not only not improve in you art style, but also get worse at it, but HOLY SHIT!

Downfall
Only by reading the first two pages you will denote the quality downgrade compared to his previous work.

Story and Plot
We follow the relationship of Sigmund Lopez (aka Siggy) and Bellaluna Beatrix, two… aliengirls? disguised like humans, and the misadventures of trying of hide the real nature of the humans and each together… despite both of them known their secret. But none want to ask because they are scared that will reject them.

Bellaluna is there for a reconnaissance mission and Siggy… in fact I don’t know why Siggy is in our planet. The entire story is based in these two going in romantic dates for better disguising in the city, not much else. There are some incidents of humans discovering their nature, a third alien (probably female) enters in the equation, there a paywalled spin-off comic that is basically the same of this one, but with demons, Bellaluna gets too attached to Siggy and receives an ultimatum from the mothership; but besides that, that is basically all.

Art Review
Well, if you readied the Bongo and Luna review, it's the almost the same in this headland, except for two things: First, that is not as horny like his predecessor, since is more concentrated in the relationship of these two more than do sex jokes; and second, that the art style is slightly worse than the predecessor, in specific in the two principal characters.

I’ll give Manfedro some credit, the real forms of the duo looks like real aliens, and not humanoids with exotics colors of skins. But doesn’t mean that they are good, in fact an indicative that how bad are the design of the same are their color scheme, which can be nauseous for some people. Here the samples:

Although the lining is less… gritty compared with Bongo and Luna, the designs both of the aliens and humans are less cartoony and more deformed and simplified, not in a good way. Especially with the facial expressions, in a long way.

For the last point (and take this point with caution, because I have no real proof of this), I have the feeling that the author wanted to introduce Bongo in comic one way or another. Why I think this? Well:


 * Bellaluna itself. Not only is that she the only female that almost as titty like her, but also she practically has THE SAME PALLETE COLOR OF HER.
 * There is a straight reference of her in a parody of 4chan, in the way that we all recognize her easily.

Writing Review
Since it’s a romance type of comic, we will start with the relationship of the principal duo. There are three problems about this. And before you go to the forum to insult me like crazy, the fact that they are lesbians is not one of these problems. The actual problems are: their personalities, why they are hanging out, and the worst part, the situation that the plot navigates the entire comic. We have the classical combo of opposite poles attracts themselves; Siggy is the physical representation of social anxiety itself, and Bellaluna is the calm, distant strange girl. Usually this is a really entertaining chemistry to see, but I don’t know about this one here… there is something, I don’t know, alie- Ooooh, I get it now *Fingerguns*... But seriously now, seeing how Siggy is about to have a heart stroke in any moment and Bellaluna not understanding the situation she is in is not as funny as it should be. I’m not sure why though...

Then we have of why they are in a relationship. Both of them is dating for better mesmerizing between the humanity. That is the spy part of the genre. Bellaluna is doing it for terrain recognition for an invasion (it don’t expressed literally, but implied), and she takes seriously this mission, enough to brainwash anyone that she suspect that knows her secret, consider that his contact is a novice because doubting her methods, and trying to eliminate any other possible threat of her mission. Although I’m not how sure about her efficiency since she suspects at the minimum though, but when she sees a pachinko machine that has toys almost similar to the aspects of her species she don’t suspects of a information leak or something. About Siggy, she trying to blend with the humanity, but I’m not sure of why. I’m sure that is not for an alien invasion, since her register do not shows that, so I have no idea what her mission is. This two dynamics lead to the worst part of the plot: the open secret.

The two first pages establish that both of them know that they are aliens, but they don’t tell them because “can ruin the relationship and facade”. The entire plot revolves about this, and it’s so frustrating like it sounds. Look, it’s a common trope in fictional romances that both parts of the couple is secretly in love with the other, but they are too shy or worried with consequences to confess it; but in this comic is not case, both of them are already dating. It’s like that everyone knows that the town’s baker is a mafia boss but nobody wants to talk about it because “who is gonna sell the bread then?”. Someone eventually has to talk about it eventually. This will not a problem if the update rate was constant, but the last updates are really inconsistent and have to be filled with guest comics.

Outside the plot things is not better, some of the peak moment are: the double brainwash of this guy, leaving him vegetable, I mean he is homophobic, but since the only things he did are ugly gazing, muttering and thinking, it’s not justified that Bellaluna done that (I guess J was right about that thing damages the brain); all the arc of 4chan girl, it literally ends with a commission art of the duo; all the apparitions of the third alien that the word strange it falls short; the Halloween special spin-off that is paywalled via Patreon. Why you will pay for something that is exactly at the original one, but with a new hat? You’re no multiplayer game or porn comic to do that; etc.

Author Biography
Go to see the Bongo and Luna’s review to see the biography of Alfredo Morales (CheesyMalfedro)... I will only concentrate in the news of the author. In first place, I discovered that Twitter’s account of Bongo and Luna is officially abandoned via this tweet. This usually is a signal that you should start to prepare the shovels. Anyways, by this tweet I discovered that this has a promoter and marketing director of his previous comic, and looking that his description has the words P R O G R E S S I V E P A Y A S O it don’t gives vibes that is good one... Also in the author’s twitter account, literally the name of it says Working on 4 comics, although the description only mentions two and one of his comic is in undefined hiatus. Misleading, to say little...

Coming back to this comic, Malfedro is using his account to announce his updates and retweet art, usually horny ones, but is not the totality of his posts. Also I discovered that the prices of his commissions can reach $200 via this facebook post. I can tell that I saw $200 commissions before; this one is not worth $200… Also in his personal Instagram publish some random comics and... *facepalm* judge yourself.

Conclusion
Go to see the Bongo and Luna’s review to see the biography of Alfredo Morales (CheesyMalfedro)… I will only concentrate in the news of the author. In first place, I discovered that Twitter’s account of Bongo and Luna is officially abandoned via this tweet. This usually is a signal that you should start to prepare the shovels. Anyways, by this tweet I discovered that this has a promoter and marketing director of his previous comic, and looking that his description has the words P R O G R E S S I V E P A Y A S O it don’t gives vibes that is good one... Also in the author’s twitter account, literally the name of it says Working on 4 comics, although the description only mentions two and one of his comic is in undefined hiatus. Misleading, to say little...

Coming back to this comic, Malfedro is using his account to announce his updates and retweet art, usually horny ones, but is not the totality of his posts. Also I discovered that the prices of his commissions can reach $200 via this facebook post. I can tell that I saw $200 commissions before; this one is not worth $200… Also in his personal Instagram publish some random comics and... *facepalm* judge yourself.

CheesyManfredo’s Other Comics

 * Bongo and Luna

Links

 * TVTropes page of the webcomic
 * Twitter of the webcomic

And since there is not much else, I will list of the artists that been featured in the webcomic with guest comics:


 * This one and this one is done by Clairie Duffy.
 * This one, this one and this one is done by Bergzeker.
 * This one is done by Willim.
 * This one is done by Mr. Domon.
 * This one is done by Wendy Lian Martin.
 * This one is done by Anna Landin.
 * This one is done by Koti Saveedra.
 * This one is done by Eyugho.
 * This one is done by Don.