Brandon Sanderson's White Sand Volume 1

This was my very first Brandon Sanderson, and I must say that I quite enjoy the story and the style, although there's a lot of explanation which I'm not used to in a graphic novel, but which in this case was welcome.
The story of the sand mastrells and Kenton's part in it is very intriguing and I really want to find out what happens in the future, although I'm not crazy that he's suddenly so good at sand mastery without any explanation (other than a half assed guess that his father did some bequeathing hoodoo).
There were also other story branches - The Duchess from Darkside looking for closure and Ais the Trackt (which I'm assuming is some kind of mercenary) - that didn't really interest me as much as that of the sand masters and the diem, but which I assume is vital to the story and everything will come together in the end.
I'd say it's a decent start to a series and if it wasn't for the bad art I'd probably have rated it much better.