Thanks NetGalley and ONI Press, was a sweet trip down memory lane into the 90's. It's a little goofy, the art style is very 90's American TV and fashion and the story is an easy fit like a well worn, comfortable well loved jacket. I enjoyed inhaling Archie and Betty and Veronica comics as a child. This was reminiscent of that, but better, I was surprised how 'into, the story I got after a while. Fun, straightforward yet engaging read. Beautiful drawings,

I'm not really sure what I think of this one. I really liked the idea of these 4 friends trying to make it in the '90s music industry, but I was quite disappointed. I'm not a huge fan of the art, the colors are too bright for my liking and I didn't like the way these characters were illustrated. I didn't really like any of the characters: they were so naive in my opinion. I found myself to be quite bored while reading this, but I would recommend reading this if you're really into graphic novels/comics and don't mind the art style.

I received an e-copy of Smoove City through Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

Smoove City follows a group of friends who are trying to make their big break into the '90s R&B boyband scene and a bunch of wacky mishaps happen on their way to the top. This is described as The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air meets Archie and I can definitely see that.

Smoove City it such a fun and vibrant comic and it has so much potential. For the most part, I really did enjoy it and I absolutely loved the art and the coloring they are both so much fun and just so 90's I loved it, but Sadly that is kind of where the love kind of ended for me.

While the story was fun a lot of the jokes kind of when on a bit too long and for the first half of the book I did laugh but by the second half it just started to drag on and lost a lot of the humor for me as well as feeling like the story was getting dragged out.

Thanks to the publisher for providing an eARC of Smoove City in exchange for an honest review!

This graphic novel is marketed as Fresh Prince meets Archie and it's easy to see why. An ensemble piece with a lot of heart and an art style unique enough to be its own, but familiar enough to transport you back to that classic comics you grew up with, Smoove City is a fun look at a group of friends trying their best to become a boy band.

I'd say my main issue was that a disproportion amount of jokes fell flat for me. I wasn't sure why because it does have a very similar vibe to Archie but after pulling out a few old Archie's to see if it was just my taste in jokes evolving, I think Smoove city's main issue is that it drags out it's jokes. Part of the charm of Archie is the quick, snippy wit most of the jokes have. We get a page or two of build up then one or two panels of the punch line and move on. Smoove city does this in reverse, with a few panels of build up then a page of the punchline. All in all though, it was a fun read.