Manifest Eternity
SUPER SCI-FI ALERT! SUPER SCI-FI ALERT!
Yes, I do mean Sci-fi, and not the much loftier Scientific Fiction. I speak of the new comic Manifest Eternity, written by Scott Lobdell and illustrated by the incomparable Dustin Nguyen.
Now I have to admit, I was not all that impressed by the first issue. Told in a roundabout manner, jumping back and forth not only in time, but across universes, it..., well to be frank, it was terrible. With great hesitation I picked up the second issue. To be honest I was just thinking about looking at Dustin's amazing art and not even bothering to read it.
I'm glad I did. The second issue is much tighter in both story and intention. I actually sat down with both issues and read them together, and then reread the first issue again. I think its a lot like Firefly actually, in that I think they published them out of order. If you read the second issue, and then the first, it's actually a really good story that's very easy to follow. This is one of those times where a good editor could have made all the difference. I can't tell you the number of stories that I've read where, in search of a new way, or new perspective in which to tell a story the writer has it go completely FUBAR on them. And a good editor, this is for you Mr Ben Abernathy, would have seen the problem here. There was so much more depth to the story of the first issue if you had read the second one first. Instead of trying to hurry through to a part of the story that makes sense you are able to sit back and watch the story unfold. And this is not a book you want to hurry through. I swear that Dustin must have found some sort of magic brush or something. This book is just beautiful start to finish. You know that feeling you got the first time you saw Pascal Ferry's work? I got that same feeling with this one. It's not that Dustin's work has changed, so much as evolved. Almost as if Ben Templesmith, Bill Sienkiewicz, and James Jean had been blended together. Amazing. So hurry up and come pick them up, as I am going to sell the $#^@ of this book and you don't want to be left behind.
Just remember 2 before 1.
Yes, I do mean Sci-fi, and not the much loftier Scientific Fiction. I speak of the new comic Manifest Eternity, written by Scott Lobdell and illustrated by the incomparable Dustin Nguyen.
Now I have to admit, I was not all that impressed by the first issue. Told in a roundabout manner, jumping back and forth not only in time, but across universes, it..., well to be frank, it was terrible. With great hesitation I picked up the second issue. To be honest I was just thinking about looking at Dustin's amazing art and not even bothering to read it.
I'm glad I did. The second issue is much tighter in both story and intention. I actually sat down with both issues and read them together, and then reread the first issue again. I think its a lot like Firefly actually, in that I think they published them out of order. If you read the second issue, and then the first, it's actually a really good story that's very easy to follow. This is one of those times where a good editor could have made all the difference. I can't tell you the number of stories that I've read where, in search of a new way, or new perspective in which to tell a story the writer has it go completely FUBAR on them. And a good editor, this is for you Mr Ben Abernathy, would have seen the problem here. There was so much more depth to the story of the first issue if you had read the second one first. Instead of trying to hurry through to a part of the story that makes sense you are able to sit back and watch the story unfold. And this is not a book you want to hurry through. I swear that Dustin must have found some sort of magic brush or something. This book is just beautiful start to finish. You know that feeling you got the first time you saw Pascal Ferry's work? I got that same feeling with this one. It's not that Dustin's work has changed, so much as evolved. Almost as if Ben Templesmith, Bill Sienkiewicz, and James Jean had been blended together. Amazing. So hurry up and come pick them up, as I am going to sell the $#^@ of this book and you don't want to be left behind.
Just remember 2 before 1.
posted by Star Clipper at Tuesday, July 18, 2006
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