I credit comic books with jump starting my true love of
reading. Growing up, I read
incessantly. My discover of comic books
was the nascent love that has permeated my entire life. No doubt that love is what provided the
incentive to write my own books. I
preface this review with these remarks for those of you who distain the graphic
novel or comic books. Do not
underestimate the power they have to create the new generation of readers.
The art work was haunting in this book. Although blue is often seen as soothing, the
overuse of blue here set a watery, damp stage for the actors in this play. Since I have never read any works of Turner
before, I don't know how this compares to his other work. I enjoyed the art, the story was so brief
that it left me dissatisfied. I suspect
that is the emotion that is intended to thus drive you to the next
edition.
I subscribed to Analog for decades and would never start the
continued stories until I had all the editions and all the parts of the story
in my hands. Then I would read, I'm not
a patient reader. Several long series
have lost my readership as I became impatient for the next rendition.
I was dismayed to discover that Michael Turner passed away at
the age of 37 over six years ago. The
loss of such a talent is an obvious loss to his loved ones and a loss to the
reading world in general. My belated
condolences to the family.
The brevity of this work prevents me from being in love with
it. The story was too short to capture
me. The art work was impressive.
Web site:
http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=16988
My thanks to DriveThruComics for offering this work. http://www.drivethrufiction.com/index.php
This book may have been received free of charge from a publisher or a publicist. That will NEVER have a bearing on my recommendations.
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