Review: Casual Fling #3

Story Thus Far:

Jennifer and her husband, Jennifer, live with their children, in Manhattan. They are happy together, or at least the story supplies us with no reasons why they are unhappy. Until one day at a company event for Jennifer’s Law Firm she meets a man who goes by the name Alex Miles, with whom she engages in a lover’s tryst. It turns out that the whole ruse was just a setup to blackmail Jennifer. Now Alex has been using his past contacts to help them with the situation. While at the same time struggling to decide on the future of his family.

Dialogue:

Casual Fling’s dialogue written by Jason Starr is entertainingly frustrating. With the bulk of the entertainment still hanging on any conversations in between Matt and his friend Sensei. The frustration lies in the words used by Jennifer to portray herself as a victim, in every situation. Every word out of her mouth makes me want to scream back at the page. Narcissistic, and Fantasist, she believes accountability goes for everyone but herself, that everyone around her should bend to her beliefs and whims, and she shapes her self-victimizing commentary and arguments to (in her mind) represent herself as an important, respectable, woman.

Art:

The art was done by Dalibor Talajio and Coloring done by Marco Lesko. Casual Fling continues to be intricately detailed, and technically sound. There were not any panels poster worthy, but the Sensei panels did draw my eye, and make me more interested in that character.

The heart has its reasons when no other reasons seem apparent. That is the only explanation that I can make for Matt Ryan, to still be helping his wife after the betrayal. Jennifer Ryan’s heart and other organs had their reasons for straying outside a happy marriage, but so far this story has not gone into what they are. This is not necessarily a bad thing, sparing us tortured Freudian explanations and labored plot points. It is almost always more interesting to observe behavior than to listen to reasons.

SCORE: 3/5

Writer: Jason Starr
Artist: Dalibor Talajio
Colorist: Marco Lesko
Letterer: Steve Wanda
Cover Artist: Dani
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