This is where Jarvis’ story starts falling apart for me. I have to believe he’s bullshitting Syr’Nj here, just to get through this scene. Let’s start with the most obvious thing: why does Ardaic need to tell Mother Scarlett shit if panel […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Mark Waid was one of my principal influences in writing serial adventure comics, and one of his greatest gifts is his mastery of exposition. You’ve got to recap the important facts but sound more exciting than encyclopedic, remaining fully aware […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I could have mentioned this yesterday, but I like how this recap started by giving Rachel a connection to Gravedust, after her connection to Frigg was already partly established. We have a Frigg button here, her epic smugface in panel […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
What’s that, Phil? We received one extra guest strip and rather than delay our return to regular publishing, you want to run it on a Saturday? Sure, go ahead and put it up, I don’t see what harm it could […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’ll cop to the fact that Scarlett’s shift from Gigundus-speak back to soliloquy here is a bit “convenient” in terms of explaining everything for the reader. I think it was important, however, to establish that there was once a real […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
