Comic Review: Drive #1

This was originally posted as a review for Word of the Nerd. Reposted here with slight modifications.

• Written by Michael Benedetto
• Pencils by Antonio Fuso
• Inks by Emilio Lecce
• Colors by Jason Lewis
• Letters by Frank Cvetkovic
• Publisher: IDW Publishing

Drive started its life as a novel, then was adapted to a movie, and with Drive #1, IDW is now adapting the novel to comics. While the novel is considered a classic and the movie has a lot of critical acclaim, the comic is unfortunately not up to those standards.