There's some plus' and minus' to this book. But . . to me, the negative parts weren't really all that bad. For instance, Chad Hardin does most of the art for this issue, instead of Mike Grell. Mike does do a couple of pages though . . and the cover. But, first of all, Chad's stuff looks pretty good. He definitely has a different style than Mike, but . . he still kind of gives the book a similar feel. And, as I've said in previous blogs, the trouble with the first series, I felt, occurred when Mike gave up the reigns on the story. As long as he remains the writer, I don't care who does the art . . well, that's not true, certain styles wouldn't fit . . but, if he stays at the helm of the book it'll stay on track and true to his vision. Anyways, this issue was mostly about Deimos. Or . . a clone of him. After Travis and company defeated Ned Hawkins' attempted takeover of Skartaris, Kate Archer stuck around to see if she might be able to do something with all of this Atlantean hardware and tech. Now that she's had a taste of power and adventure, I don't think she's ready to give it up. Plus, she's the one that figured out that Deimos' words were written on top of the pages of Atlantean binary-code. Which she can work with . . so she probably figures that she's the best person to bring all of this, the city and it's wonders, back to life. In that sense she's kind of like Mariah and Jennifer, in that she's starting to blur the lines between magic and science. She finds some cloning chambers of the Atlanteans, and a device that was used to capture the memories of the dying person so that they can be transferred to the new body. That's how she brought Deimos back. The problem is . . reawakening those memories. She fights with it all issue, until at the end, out of frustration, she swings her sword slashing across Deimos face. This gives him the trademark scar that he had, and the magics are reawakened. Meanwhile, Ewan McBane is continuing his photo journal of his time in Skartaris. Basically, he's interviewing everyone around Travis to try and figure out what makes him tick. Right now he's got him up on this pedestal . . he sees him as a hero, or saviour, but . . I'm wondering what's going to happen when he starts talking to people that aren't his closest confidants . . his extended family. Not everyone may be happy, or consider the progress of everything that the Warlord has done here. Afterall, this is the only place in history where 'the Warlord' has a positive connotation. It's mostly referred to despots and tyrants. I'm wondering if his little self-examination is going to end the way he expects it to. Anyways, I love this character, and series, and it looks like there's some exciting stuff planned for the future. Again, I find it amazing that it's 2010 and two of my favorite books are a western and a sword & sorcery title. Whodathunkit?
Sunday, January 10, 2010
the Warlord #10 - DC
There's some plus' and minus' to this book. But . . to me, the negative parts weren't really all that bad. For instance, Chad Hardin does most of the art for this issue, instead of Mike Grell. Mike does do a couple of pages though . . and the cover. But, first of all, Chad's stuff looks pretty good. He definitely has a different style than Mike, but . . he still kind of gives the book a similar feel. And, as I've said in previous blogs, the trouble with the first series, I felt, occurred when Mike gave up the reigns on the story. As long as he remains the writer, I don't care who does the art . . well, that's not true, certain styles wouldn't fit . . but, if he stays at the helm of the book it'll stay on track and true to his vision. Anyways, this issue was mostly about Deimos. Or . . a clone of him. After Travis and company defeated Ned Hawkins' attempted takeover of Skartaris, Kate Archer stuck around to see if she might be able to do something with all of this Atlantean hardware and tech. Now that she's had a taste of power and adventure, I don't think she's ready to give it up. Plus, she's the one that figured out that Deimos' words were written on top of the pages of Atlantean binary-code. Which she can work with . . so she probably figures that she's the best person to bring all of this, the city and it's wonders, back to life. In that sense she's kind of like Mariah and Jennifer, in that she's starting to blur the lines between magic and science. She finds some cloning chambers of the Atlanteans, and a device that was used to capture the memories of the dying person so that they can be transferred to the new body. That's how she brought Deimos back. The problem is . . reawakening those memories. She fights with it all issue, until at the end, out of frustration, she swings her sword slashing across Deimos face. This gives him the trademark scar that he had, and the magics are reawakened. Meanwhile, Ewan McBane is continuing his photo journal of his time in Skartaris. Basically, he's interviewing everyone around Travis to try and figure out what makes him tick. Right now he's got him up on this pedestal . . he sees him as a hero, or saviour, but . . I'm wondering what's going to happen when he starts talking to people that aren't his closest confidants . . his extended family. Not everyone may be happy, or consider the progress of everything that the Warlord has done here. Afterall, this is the only place in history where 'the Warlord' has a positive connotation. It's mostly referred to despots and tyrants. I'm wondering if his little self-examination is going to end the way he expects it to. Anyways, I love this character, and series, and it looks like there's some exciting stuff planned for the future. Again, I find it amazing that it's 2010 and two of my favorite books are a western and a sword & sorcery title. Whodathunkit?
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