"ALPHA FLAG is the story of a man who wakes up on a beach missing pieces of himself, and his quest to reclaim the scattered pieces in a hostile environment."
A man known only as “Diver” finds himself on an island that seems abandoned with no memory of how he got there. His assumption is quickly squashed though, when he finds a strange, handsome man named Charlie who introduces himself as Diver’s confidence. He explains that he and the inhabitants of the island, are Aspects of Diver’s mind that was lost in a horrific accident. In order to regain his sense of self and figure out what happened, Diver must find and absorb the rest of his Aspects. But it isn’t as easy as you’d think...
The interesting use of color in this comic is very intriguing. All of Diver’s Aspects take on very bright, distinctive colors. The main ones seeming to be red, blue, and yellow. If there’s some meaning to these, I’ve yet to figure it out. In fact, I’m sure there’s a lot of small nuances I’ve yet to realize. But the style of this comic is very well done and distinctive, both the coloring and the lines. I very much enjoy the natural emotive qualities the human characters have and I’m really looking forward to the next installments.
HOWEVER. There are a few warnings to go with this comic. First and foremost, if trypophobia is something you commonly experience, this may not be the comic for you. In the title there are small holes that only get worse as the comic progresses and Diver’s body is littered with small, mysterious holes. There are also multiple animal deaths and will likely be more since not all of Diver’s aspects are human. Less dire, but no less important: this comic does not update incredibly often. The updates are sporadic so I tend to come back and check on it between months or weeks.
That being said, I really do love this comic (and not just because Charlie is pretty much shirtless all the time and has nice abs.) The story is intriguing and it’s incredibly interesting seeing a situation that I sort of exhibit myself in that the “central self” has different parts of it split off from it and interacts with it. A unique take and I’m very excited to see where the story continues to take us.