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This is a fabulous book. The story is gripping, the art is good, and the characters are engaging.
I found the dialogue to be consistently natural and believable, and all the soldiers are likeable. The Big Bad Evil Guy is very cool, and he's introduced a little at a time, which makes him even more memorable.
The artwork appears to have been done with watercolors, which I happen to really like. It sure looks like it was done using real paper and paints, which is unusual and refreshing in this world of 3d computer artwork.
I had to read it a couple times to "get" everything that went on, but it's definitely worth a reread just to see it again.
It also cries out for a sequel, which I really really hope Pearson writes at some point. I'll be first in line to buy it, if and when....
Rating: [5 of 5 Stars!] |
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SPOILER ALERT! Reborn is the issue straight after Artifacts#13, so do not read any review because it gives away the ending and gives away the new beginning.
Once I finish all 13 issues, I will return to give a proper review.
My rating is low because I am not impressed with the art design. The standard for beautiful, rugged and handsome characters, are the norm for most of Top Cow comics, especially in the Witchblade Universe, so I do not like the ugly realism presented in this issue. Angelus is an example. Maybe the art resembles a 2D image belonging on a game piece that urks me? Though bad guy is creepy and cool. If the whole comic was inked black, the rating would be higher than two stars.
I do know the 13 Artifact issues will be divided by different writers and artists, so this artist will receive higher ratings if the script is good. And in Reborn, it was ok for what tidbit of information the comic wanted to reveal to the reader, so the rating got one point higher than a 1 star.
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Rating: [2 of 5 Stars!] |
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Artifacts#0 has been given a 5 star by me, because it is an origin story tying everything together we know, or need to know, about this comics story about 13 Artifacts. Most Witchblade fans will be familiar with the artifacts described (the Angelus artifact is clear cut, where Angelus#0 missed this mark of detail). But no matter, this new series is stand alone, no need to cross reference with other comics, as Artifacts gives a crash course for the new reader to the Witchblade Universe.
Artifacts begins the comic with an interesting scenario: a floating trapped hot-bod, femme fatale, whose name we learn is Aphrodite a cyborg killing machine, is the last of her kind – at the moment. The story path gives us everything we need to know about the origin stories for all the artifacts attached to a primary keeper, all the while waiting for Aphrodite's captor to reveal the cyborgs fate with her role with the 13 Artifacts.
With most #0 beginning intro origin starting comics, the spending bu...
Rating: [5 of 5 Stars!] |
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