[...] Northwest Passage Book 1 With this series, artist Scott Chantler, previously known for illustrating Scandalous and Days Like This, makes his writing debut. This is the first of a series telling an historically inspired tale of the Canadian frontier in the 1750s, and it introduces a variety of interesting characters. [...]

[...] Overall, the book is about growing up, looking back, and reaching forward towards a dream. It sums up the development of many comic readers as they grow up. The whole thing takes on an extra level of meaning considering that Tim Levins went on to draw issues of Batman: Gotham Adventures, while J. Torres has written Teen Titans Go!, Sidekicks, Love as a Foreign Language, Scandalous, and Degrassi: Extra Credit. Recommended for fans of Teenagers from Mars, especially if you think that story would have been better with less violence and more comedy. [...]