tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5146591810616867072.post2828347692635057726..comments2024-02-27T19:40:09.504-07:00Comments on Section 244: Dynamite's the Shadow#1Michael Hoskinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11302540308587868138noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5146591810616867072.post-10238838267493398762012-07-16T15:02:48.506-06:002012-07-16T15:02:48.506-06:00I did have some hope because of Ennis' name; e...I did have some hope because of Ennis' name; even though he's not most people's first pick for genre entertainment, I had some hope it would be as entertainingly pulpy as his Battler Britton mini; not so much. It's not terrible, nor should it be terribly pleased with itself.<br /><br />I hope you checked out the Boys' Ranch review we bartered over. :-)Michael Hoskinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11302540308587868138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5146591810616867072.post-7280668056164717122012-07-16T00:31:45.473-06:002012-07-16T00:31:45.473-06:00It's terribly sloppy, isn't it? I entirely...It's terribly sloppy, isn't it? I entirely agree.<br /><br />A typical 21st century comic it is, in many ways.<br /><br />Simply loading up a comic up with a sequence of splashes at the beginning and then following it with, as you say, talking heads, doesn't make it feel like a satisfied, well-paced read. And if memory serves, 6 splash pages in a comic is somewhat rubbing in that this is deconstruction-time. The structure of this felt loose, mono-paced and careless. It was as GE simply assumed that his readers were going to turn up and so didn't think to make the book compelling.<br /><br />Some good moments - I agree about the display of mercy - some embarrassing ones - the double page spread was all spectacle and no insight, which is always a mistake with such terrible events - and overall a comic that seemed to presume that it had the audience before the comic had been opened.<br /><br />A shame. There's a good Shadow comic in here, and a good Shadow comic would be worth the buying.Colin Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15246781681702128600noreply@blogger.com