There is an interesting difference between the two artists in Volume 1. Garry Brown's style actually allows for the characters who are middle-aged to look a bit haggard and beat up. Kristian's Donaldson's style is so clean that all the characters look like they are in their twenties.

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While the visuals of the ecological disaster that underpins the world of The Massive are striking I do find it a little difficult to follow how the Suez Canal has dried up, Hong Kong has flooded and Mogadishu is still a functioning free port.

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The events of the shock are all based on interesting and plausible ocean ecological issues. It makes for a more interesting apocalypse than zombies or war.

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Blackbell doesn't seem to have had a single successful operation in its history. No wonder it went under.