Old cult trick: isolate the person you’re trying to recruit from anyone who might counterbalance your influence on them. Had E-Merl and Scipio not been present, the sisters probably would’ve gotten lost in chatter about the “good old days,” with […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This reunion had to be sweet and cute for the rest of the story to have emotional weight. Rachel wasn’t lying to herself. Her sisters really were as close and loving with her and each other as sisters ought to […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
And here’s our second dose of exposition. I did my best to scatter a lot of seeds to lend it interest: the continued reverence for Frigg, the contrast between Hestia’s ideology and Blair’s pragmatism, and the implications of that “5-4-3” […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Originally, Hestia’s powers were more similar to Rachel’s, and her M.O. was to direct others to attack first, then move in herself to finish the job with overwhelming force. But the association of fire with burning at the stake and […] ↓ 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…
