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Okay, I have an interesting situation here. Mark Crilley has put out a new book, but it's not an Akiko book, so it has no real link to comics. I'd like to do more than a quick capsule, but a full review really doesn't belong on the rec.arts.comics.* groups. Nor do I really hang out any of the newsgroups where it WOULD be appropriate. So, what to do? Blog it, of course.
CAPSULE REVIEW
Billy Clikk, Creatch Battler: Crilley's biggest non-Akiko publication that I'm aware of, and potentially the start of a new franchise for him. He succeeds in creating a different tone from Akiko, although you can certainly see similar archetypes floating around. He continues his style from the Akiko novels of using both spot illustrations and big splash pages, although with less of a computer generated look for scenery and more of a charcoal-crayon deal on faces and general shading. A good read, reasonably light at 246 pages of largish type. Recommended. $10.95/$16.95Cn
( FULL REVIEW BEHIND CUT - Will contain spoilers )
"They don't all suck blood. Very few of them do, actually." - Linda Clikk
CAPSULE REVIEW
Billy Clikk, Creatch Battler: Crilley's biggest non-Akiko publication that I'm aware of, and potentially the start of a new franchise for him. He succeeds in creating a different tone from Akiko, although you can certainly see similar archetypes floating around. He continues his style from the Akiko novels of using both spot illustrations and big splash pages, although with less of a computer generated look for scenery and more of a charcoal-crayon deal on faces and general shading. A good read, reasonably light at 246 pages of largish type. Recommended. $10.95/$16.95Cn
( FULL REVIEW BEHIND CUT - Will contain spoilers )
"They don't all suck blood. Very few of them do, actually." - Linda Clikk
