To me, this page feels like vamping, just a bit. Some of the dialogue is fun, but Byron’s line makes me concerned that the dude hit his head when Hammerhead tripped him (there’s “endearing simplicity” and then there’s “baffling tautology”), […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The set of upper frames slowly advancing Rana’s story is reminding me of early Thimble Theater, which featured one storyline above the title and one below it. Since Rana’s activity is high in the air relative to the rest of the action, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Remember when it looked like the biggest source of conflict between Frigg and Byron was going to be that he loved puns and she hated them? I’m not sure I’d even dignify “stand your ground?” with the name “pun,” because the phrase isn’t […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Looking this over with fresh eyes, I’m wondering if Phil and I weren’t unconsciously building toward a theme here: not so much “innocence lost” as how fragile innocence is. We’ve seen Penk pull back from enjoying his enemies’ suffering and […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The three-chapter Peacemakers-vs.-Champions sequence represented an interesting balancing act of sympathies and effectiveness. Making two sides impressive while keeping them evenly matched is not as easy as it sounds. If we hadn’t built up Penk and Magda as badasses before […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
