We will continue to sing the praises of this series by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples, and today is no exception! #7 left us knee deep in Marko's parents and hilariously gross intergalactic genitalia, and with #8 it is definitely more of the same.
Finally, and albeit unexpectedly, we get a glimpse into Alana's 'forbidden book' (these scenes are hilarious) but also how Alana and Marko first met. The setting of this first encounter is to be expected, considering their 'occupations', but it's obvious that Vaughan will be doing something more with this, as it's quite clear that it definitely wasn't love at first sight - although Staples panel would have you believe otherwise.
If we're completely honest, this issue seemed like a bit of a filler, we didn't really learn anything new, and even Marko and Alana's first meeting didn't seem like much of a big bang. But Vaughan and Staples can even make filler awesome, and one again they bring the boom at the end, and we finally get an answer to "who the fuck is Gwendolyn?!", and yes, this reveal is definitely worth the wait.
This series is full of serious awesomeness, and the women are really stealing the show. Alana, The Stalk and Marko's mother are some pretty dominant ladies, and by the looks of it, Gwendolyn will also be a major player. Issue #9 please.
Nowhere Men #2Stephenson and Bellegarde have pretty much struck gold with Nowhere Men as #2 kicks it up a notch.
This series is still a big ball of mystery, with only a few more clues being offered. So what do we know now?
- World Corp now only consists of Emerson Strange
- Emerson Strange (and maybe Dade & Simon?) commissioned the building of a space station that is unknown to the rest of the world, and they are aware that the crew are sick.
- Apparently Dade is ill and now awake?! (had to do a double take on this and make sure this really was issue 2...)
- Simon is planning revenge (due to being ousted from WC?)
Stephenson is completely on point with this issue, and begins to build a really tense story. He is definitely doing an amazing job of keeping readers hanging on (but hopefully not for too long). Although the only pitfall with this issue is the disconnect from #1. Whilst the space-station scenes have continuity, i'm feeling pretty lost with our friendly scientists. How much time has passed since we were first introduced to them? What about the Evangelion looking monster? I'm sure these will all be answered, but at the moment it's a bit confusing.
Bellegarde is killing it with the artwork and colours. He really is dictating these pages and the flow of #2. The pages aren't too busy or messy - which can sometimes happen with lots of characters in a shot - you really can follow the sequences, and the tension flows effortlessly across the panels right to the end. It's almost as if Bellegarde is able to depict various chemical reactions through the characters - a slow build up of kinetic energy resulting in a 'big bang'.
Image Comics own 2012.
What would doom do?
Trade in all his finest Marvel autobiographies, throw in a few dark horses and comics with Superman in them, so he can stock up on a whole bunch of Image.
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