The Lost Books of Eve #1

Creator: Josh Howard
Viper Comics, 32 pages, color, $3.25
So? Yes, these are tales of Eve, as in Adam and Eve, the Garden of Eden, the snake and the apple fame. The idea is that these are Eve's adventures before she and Adam get banished. In this first issue, Adam goes missing and Eve sets out to find him with some help from the other denizens of the garden (even the big G himself helps out). It works mostly because Howard's art is cartoony in the style of animated TV shows. It also works because Howard draws really cute girls, and this is a great opportunity to draw a cute girl who's naked — or nearly naked — almost all the time. Eve is plucky, smart and cute and it's hard not to like her even if the basic concept is sure to get some people's panties in a wad. Grade: B-