Willie Hewes moves from webcomics to print with this new comic, focusing on jobs, dealing with them, and some mad antics involving a slight fantasy background.

This issue seems to focus mostly around Ivan, who works for the TV Licensing committee, running up on those people who don't have a licence. Other characters are slightly introduced toward the end of the comic, but we don't really know much about them. However, Willie helpfully adds a bit of detail about each of the characters in the inside cover.

It feels very much like a standard TV sit-com, even just reading the character introductions on the inside, you very much get that feel to it. While the comedy is there, it's not anything brand new and fresh, mostly just tried and tested jokes (like you'd expect from a sit-com really). You get the feel there's nothing really that fresh and exciting about the comic's writing overall, until you realise that the comic isn't based entirely in our own world. There's mention of vampires and bondage loving ogres towards the middle-end pages, but it's nothing that's explored more than for a few quick jokes. Hopefully as (if) the series continues this might be brought more to the foreground and used as a more interesting plot-device. Beyond that, the writing flows nicely, using jokes that will give a quick smile but not much more. Willie also made a good choice int hat switching from webcomics to print, the conventions of a webcomic haven't been brought over. It reads fluidly, not like a straight webcomic to print conversion where you may find the usual cliffhangers or single page stories just collected together, and it's something to be praised. If it sounds like I'm not being overly harsh on the writing, it's purely for the fact it still works. The comic reads nicely, it's entertaining enough to keep you going throughout it's length, just don't expect anything genius from its comedy.

The artwork is standard Willie Hewe's fare. It's a simple manga-influenced style, no shadows or anything too detailed, but with manga tones to distinguish between background/foreground objects, different materials etc. as you'd expect. The art goes nicely with the tone of the story, it's simple and clean, and doesn't distract away from anything else within the comic. However, it's nothing overly special either, very much like the writing. It just cruises along, pleasing to the eye, but not really pushing beyond that.

Something Big boasts a very modest price tag of £1. It's a tried and tested formula, and that's the reason it works. It's an entertaining comic, an idea that hopefully can be expanded on in any future produced comics under the GothBoy title. Do I think this 24-page comic is worth £1? I think it's about the right price for what you're getting. If you like Willie's webcomics, the original GothBoy stories, or are looking for a bit of fun to try out, go ahead and grab a copy of Something Big.