Full disclosure: I don't read a lot of comics. I mostly read trade paperbacks or graphic novels that were never published in comic form. So The Movement was one of the first series that sounded exciting enough that I wanted to read it as it comes out.
It was definitely worth it! The characterization is great; there aren't a bunch of expository info-dump conversations like you get in some superhero comics. And the art is excellent. The story is less a clear-cut "good versus evil" story and more of a "two sympathetic sides clash" scenario, where a group of metahuman vigilantes hoping to expose some corrupt cops end up taking on all law enforcement. At the same time, one is being framed as a serial killer, and their only hope to absolve her is to find the true murderer.
Many people make a big deal out of the fact that the series has a diverse cast, with a teenage black girl as the lead heroine. But I think it's not so much that the characters are diverse as it is the characters are well-written and not stereotypes.
My main problem, and I guess this is because I'm not used to reading comics, is I didn't realize there'd be so many ads! There are ads on every other page it seems like. Which, honestly, I don't understand. If I'm paying $4 for such a short story, which is the price you can get for a novel on kindle sometimes, do you really need ads? They tend to disrupt the narrative flow. Maybe just have ads at the beginning or end.
I ended up getting the next three, but the ads annoyed me enough that I might just wait for the trade paperback after this. I definitely want to support this series.
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