Comics Fondle

There’s a disconnect between writing and art after Deadman’s second issue. It takes Jones a long time–two issues being a long time for this one–to define what the series is going to be (an almost-espionage thriller with a few twists, major and minor) and once he does, Watkiss’s art doesn’t work anymore. Yes, seeing Watkiss […]

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There’s something very genial and inoffensive about Deadman #1. Even with the bad dialogue–mostly when the main character is talking to himself, so I get it… needs to exposition, right?–the issue is a bit of a goof. Not a bad goof, but a good goof. It spins the reader around and around and stops he […]

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