Wednesday, April 6, 2016
Starman Plays Day of The Tentacle Remastered - Part Five
In which we bend the laws of time and space to create a tentacle cosplay, rain on Benjamin Franklin's parade and start grooming a mummy for a beauty contest.
Tuesday, April 5, 2016
Injustice: Gods Among Us - Year Five #16 - A Review
Fresh from confirming that Catwoman is well and truly done with The Insurgency, Batwoman and Harley crash a meeting of the so-called Joker Underground. An army of people willing to stand up to Superman no matter what would be a boon to Batman's resistance. Unfortunately, Superman just learned where they are meeting...
This issue of Injustice is relative light on action. Thankfully, Brian Buccellato writes a quiet character-building scene like few others can. There's some great bits of drama here, with a clearly conflicted Harley struggling with her own conflicted feelings about The Joker in talking down a group of people whose anger at Superman has prompted them to hold elevate The Clown Prince of Crime into a saint - something that would no doubt amuse The Joker to no end.
The artwork is as great as the script. Since this series started, Bruno Redondo has become one of my favorite artists and this issue shows precisely why. His characters have a wonderful sense of definition and there's some poster-worth scenes here, such as the above image of Harley on a playing card backing. The inks of Juan Albarran and Rex Lokus's color art perfectly complete the picture.
This issue of Injustice is relative light on action. Thankfully, Brian Buccellato writes a quiet character-building scene like few others can. There's some great bits of drama here, with a clearly conflicted Harley struggling with her own conflicted feelings about The Joker in talking down a group of people whose anger at Superman has prompted them to hold elevate The Clown Prince of Crime into a saint - something that would no doubt amuse The Joker to no end.
The artwork is as great as the script. Since this series started, Bruno Redondo has become one of my favorite artists and this issue shows precisely why. His characters have a wonderful sense of definition and there's some poster-worth scenes here, such as the above image of Harley on a playing card backing. The inks of Juan Albarran and Rex Lokus's color art perfectly complete the picture.
Starman Plays Day of The Tentacle Remastered - Part Four
In which we solve The Edison Family's financial problems and then embezzle their new-found fortune. We also push an old lady down the stairs to save the world and FINALLY get around to seeing what Laverne is up to in the future.
Monday, April 4, 2016
Adventures of Supergirl #6 - A Review
Four times in the past week, Supergirl has had a nightmare - each one worse and more terrifying than the last. Is it just the stress of her recent battle with the technopath Vril Dox? Or is she under a psychic attack by a new enemy?
There are few things more aggravating than a story where it turns out the whole thing was a dream. It's a cheap plot device and it's frequently and insultingly obvious to the reader when it happens. Thankfully, Sterling Gates avoids such cheap trickery in this issue and while the direction of the story is immediately obvious, the way it plays out and the way Kara reacts to the events of the plot are delightfully unexpected.
The artwork by Emanuela Lupacchino helps to add to the odd, dream-like quality of the issue. There are subtle hints in the art about things not being quite right even before such oddities as Vril Dox growing a snake's tongue or Kara seeing her loved ones as vengeful zombies. Inker Ray McCarthy shades the original pencils perfectly. And Hi-Fi do their usual stellar job on the color art.
There are few things more aggravating than a story where it turns out the whole thing was a dream. It's a cheap plot device and it's frequently and insultingly obvious to the reader when it happens. Thankfully, Sterling Gates avoids such cheap trickery in this issue and while the direction of the story is immediately obvious, the way it plays out and the way Kara reacts to the events of the plot are delightfully unexpected.
The artwork by Emanuela Lupacchino helps to add to the odd, dream-like quality of the issue. There are subtle hints in the art about things not being quite right even before such oddities as Vril Dox growing a snake's tongue or Kara seeing her loved ones as vengeful zombies. Inker Ray McCarthy shades the original pencils perfectly. And Hi-Fi do their usual stellar job on the color art.
Hercules #5 - A Review
The Uprising Storm has arrived! Now the ground under Manhattan quakes as Hercules enters glorious combat with Castrophobia - the new God of War! But Hercules does not fight alone! So says Gilgamesh, who drags their former foe Ire of Cura-Before-The-Ice into the battle as well. But can three demigods stand up to the might of a new deity, fresh in his power?
Given the nature of the character, one might expect a Hercules series to be non-stop action. While the current run has not lacked in thrilling battles, it hasn't had an issue-long fight scene until now. Thankfully, Dan Abnett is as skilled in writing such things as he is in the wonderful world-building Hercules has seen before now. And, even more thankfully, Hercules still isn't written as dumb muscle, even in the heat of a fight.
The artwork for this issue is equally epic in scope. Luke Ross draws a damned good fight scene and the action of the issue flows quite naturally from panel to panel. And the colors by Guru-FX are perfectly chosen.
Given the nature of the character, one might expect a Hercules series to be non-stop action. While the current run has not lacked in thrilling battles, it hasn't had an issue-long fight scene until now. Thankfully, Dan Abnett is as skilled in writing such things as he is in the wonderful world-building Hercules has seen before now. And, even more thankfully, Hercules still isn't written as dumb muscle, even in the heat of a fight.
The artwork for this issue is equally epic in scope. Luke Ross draws a damned good fight scene and the action of the issue flows quite naturally from panel to panel. And the colors by Guru-FX are perfectly chosen.
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