I love Gibbons's art, and I find the mod movement pretty interesting, so it wasn't hard for me to find stuff to like about The Originals. It's gotta be one of the coolest looking graphic novels I've read. It's almost a piece of fashion moreso than a work of literature.

Because story-wise, there isn't a whole lot of substance here. I mean, I liked it. It's cool and all. Sort of a Quadrophenia/Clockwork Orange take on your typical boy meets girl coming of age yarn. All the characters seem pretty shallow, but I'm pretty sure that's because they're supposed to be. Typical teenage hedonists and what not.

I'd like to see more stuff like this from Gibbons in the future though.