After her mother’s death, Denise decides to track down her father who abandoned them when she was a child. The end result is a bloody, but unmemorable tale crafted by one of Dark Horse Comics most talented writers. Although Denise finally finds him in a secluded house in the countryside, the drama doesn’t even pick up when she unintentionally causes her and her dad to run for their lives from hired killers.
It’s a generic idea that the comic doesn’t try anything to make itself stand out or interesting. The characters are all one note, their circumstance is due to sheer stupidity and there a few plotholes here and there.
The writing doesn’t help much either. It reads like Richardson just came up with the story idea one day and just typed it down without giving it much thought. The first issue feels rushed, almost nothing is explained of the plot and lacks focus. We don’t even know what the dad’s name is. He’s just Denise’s dad who did bad things at one point.
The art is also nothing to look at. Except for the one shot of the dad looking out the door of his secluded home, nothing has any charm to it. Denise has the same expression throughout the entire issue, the character designs are basic, the character movements are basic and lifeless and the backgrounds don’t stand out.
“Father’s Day†is like giving your dad yet another battle of “Old Spice†for father’s day. The story is basic and boring, the characters are boring, the writing is sub-par and the art is bland. There are ways to make an idea like this work, but this comic has failed to even try to do that.
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