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Enter Dr. Mayhem by D. Ross Kellett - Short, Comedy - A young super villain finds himself at the mercy of his greatest nemesis: curfew. 8 pages - pdf, format
This was a cute read but it fell flat for me in the second half. While Doctor Mayhem was 'fighting' the hero, it read like a nineteen-fifties comic book. Afterwards, it just petered out.
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By making Max's parents retired villains, you took out any confrontation that he could have with Dad. The left the scene flat.
Concentrate for on Max being a villain, over him being a kid.
this one was a mixed bag for me. at times i thought you added a new and fresh perspective on things while other times, things just didnt add up. and i think that's my biggest problem with this. you have a villain who's 13, combats adult superheros, hates school, and gets school by his ex-costumed father. the individual pieces make sense, but added as a whole, they just dont fit together. as dogglebe suggested, just focus on one or two things for now. i REALLY enjoyed the beginning, but my enthusiasm decreased as i continued to read.
also some of the jokes were really funny, while others have been done before. once again, 50/50 on everything here.
let me know if and when you rewrite this. would love to read the revisions.
This was cute, I liked it. The story kept my attention. The super hero was depicted perfectly and I like the idea of a teenage super villain. Making his parents super villains as well also contributed to the story.
I think the story is great, while the execution could use a bit more work. You set things up well, then it seems to lose interest in itself in the latter half, which made me lose a bit of interest as well.
Nicely done, a very fast read. I really enjoyed this script, especially the first half even though it was clichéd alot but I think that was what made it funny.
But I do agree with with dogglebe. That you should concentrate on him being a villain rather than a teenager. It just slowed the pace of the story imo.