Calamities of Nature
Calamities of Nature is about the absurdities of life and ourselves. Politics, world events and regular gags are mixed together for a very enjoyable blend.
The art is serviceable and fun to look at with its broad crosshatching technique. Likewise, the colors are handled very well in the way that they are combined. They nicely round the figures and scenery out. Look at this mountain range; it wouldn’t be the same without color.
The characters have a nice range of personality. Aaron (the one with the headphones) likes to vent about those odd things we see in the world. Alp is the mad inventor with the read and green hat. Ferdinand (Ferd) has the baseball cap and is the kind of character who does things on impulse. Harold is the nice guy who is also sort of a loser. We can identify with all of them at one time or another.
I found Calamities to be amusing sometimes but not always. For example, the current story topic of soda preferences was good fun. However, this is a popular and successful comic so my preferences may not be the right standard to measure by. It’s worth checking out even though I’m only going to give it two stars. Two stars represents an okay and functional comic but does not stand out to me. Rating: 
Calamities of Nature
http://www.calamitiesofnature.com
by Tony Piro
review by Delos Woodruff
(2 votes, average: 3.5 out of 5)
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September 26th, 2008 at 1:22 pm
I found your review to be very well thought out and justified in your points of view.
Keep up the good work.
- Phil (Frumph)
September 26th, 2008 at 1:40 pm
Thank you.
By sheer coincidence, I just earlier today stumbled across Frumph and was planning to point readers to it from my personal site.
September 27th, 2008 at 12:02 am
You were far nicer (and more succinct) in expressing yourself. I was verbose and still managed to need several paragraphs of commentary to make my points clear. Ah well! We were close to agreeing this time!
September 27th, 2008 at 7:46 am
To be fair though, you also brought up points that you didn’t like about the comic. Aside from one small “Well, it was fun, but not always,” Delos didn’t. (And no, that’s not harassing, just a statement of fact) There’s no need for justification, for want of a better term, when you don’t say anything negative.
I don’t think there’s need for justification of an OPINION, anyway, but I guess that’s just me
I dont fault you for wanting your points understood, Talekyn. Not at all!