Finney Bleak looks like Murdoc Niccals from Gorillaz-- that's my first impression. The art is bold and not to my taste, but it's not bad. The first chapter begins with a two-page spread with "Snow White's” magic mirror and a page later, that pirate that appears before every Spongebob episode. (No, it's not a cartoon that I watch regularly)

"Hey kids, are you ready?"

Finney Bleak, the main character, lives in a world that we've all seen before-- a monsters and witches world of perpetual Halloween (haven't you ever wondered where Holidays come from?). In the first chapter, it's established that Bleak is an outcast because, I suspect, he is normal. He gets beat up after insulting a kid-Frankenstein and is in every way, a typical high-school outcast who's nice to nerds and picks fights with bullies.

Sound familiar? Wait, could this be—? Why yes! It's a pop-culture fest that costs $9.99! Aberzombies, Lolita fashion, omglolz! The point is, MDG is all old stuff put in one book put on a shelf. What’s attractive about it is that it’s good old stuff, but there just might be too much of it. It’s overused—cliché.

But I have to mention Jenny Wraith, Bleak’s girlfriend. She’s a sweet-lolita who’s, well, sweet, and somewhat lacking in a fresh personality; she’s a perfect match for Bleak. MDG shows how they met, and cute as it is, it’s nothing too interesting. The preview of MDG doesn’t do what it’s supposed to do—make the reader care.