December 14
2010
(SPOILER)
Preview pages for Angel #40.
It's out tomorrow.
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The story seems interesting, but I have to admit the art is distracting me. Sometimes its just a matter of getting used to things. Some of the characters don't look like themselves; Gunn for example. And I think Felicia Day has taken over the role of Laura.
[ edited by Jelly on 2010-12-14 17:17 ]
Jelly | December 14, 08:09 CET
The writing seems okay. Nothing extremely impressive, but I want to read the rest. Glad that the Gunn vs Connor issue is touched upon and that Laura makes fun of it. Not sure if the african-american thing makes sense. Since Connor had the memories of a typical american teen, and the hell world memories, he would know very well about racism. Maybe Gunn didn't think of that. I'd still like for Connor to say "Duh, obviously" or something to that effect.
[ edited by Skytteflickan88 on 2010-12-14 17:28 ]
Skytteflickan88 | December 14, 08:28 CET
CowboyWitch | December 14, 08:37 CET
sueworld2003 | December 14, 09:00 CET
dorotea | December 14, 09:16 CET
Other than that... meh. I was expecting just a bit more from this series. I was under the impression that the Wolfram & Hart arc would bring Angel back up to the quality of ATF in time to close out, but not so much it seems. Oh well. I suppose it was given the (perhaps impossible) task of reconciling the Angel of AtS and ATF with the Angel of BS8. And who knows. It could get better in the next 4 issues. But, man, that art is a setback. Anyone know if this artist is going to continue?
Giles_314 | December 14, 09:55 CET
resa | December 14, 11:32 CET
Fred_Sonja | December 14, 14:33 CET
Nathan | December 14, 16:45 CET
Angel Aftermath (issue 18-22) is out in hardcover. Not sure if it's out in tradepaperback. There has been several (two?) other hardcovers of the ongoing Angel series released after that as well.
Skytteflickan88 | December 14, 17:21 CET
I keep thinking that one day, good artwork and good storytelling will come together to keep me interested in any of these comics.
menomegirl | December 14, 18:19 CET
iwearthecheese | December 14, 18:25 CET
My brother was in the top 100 of the comic book challenge with his realistic style but the winner was a very cartoony artist I didn't like.
redeem147 | December 14, 19:53 CET
CowboyWitch | December 14, 21:17 CET
Is there an in-story reason for why the art style changed so dramatically? Or is it just 'cause? I wish IDW would be more consistent with their artists.
[ edited by Emmie on 2010-12-15 13:59 ]
Emmie | December 15, 04:57 CET
The writing and editing are (in keeping with IDW tradition) fucking incompetent - from the shabby high-school-level synopsis copy ('he discovers humans have become a complete underclass') to Angel defying the laws of physics and grammar on page 2 ('jumping off the building...gives me some time to think...like how much landing is gonna hurt,' plus the bit about 'reaching' a statue from a dead fall?!) to comma and apostrophe errors everywhere, to a brainless 'this isn't [exposition], it's as if [exposition]' on page 4, to the weird insertion of the word 'bald' on page 5 or 6 (my mind was broken by the shabbiness and I had to close all my browser windows).
I don't care about the artist having his/her own style; it's a comic book, that happens. But it'd be nice to know that the official Angel book contains dialogue, pacing, art, or really anything at all that resembles or is evocative of (y'know) the hundred hours of television that is its primary source material. And beyond that, it'd be nice if IDW put an editor on this book who paid half as much attention to detail as Scott Allie (to whom other much more serious criticisms still apply).
waxbanks | December 15, 06:24 CET
goingtowork | December 15, 07:42 CET
And they slept it off. Checked their Blackberries and saw that the matter had been dealt with without recollection of the matter nor at the very least whom they picked for the book's art.
During this same night, as waxbanks pointed out, they must have decided to make their own drunken revisions to the script. Just ot amp up the awesome so Dark Horse could suck it. This is my assumption.
But at least the cover art is fricken' balls awesome.
The Goose | December 15, 16:10 CET
Emmie | December 15, 22:23 CET