Kingsglaive as a film is not a work of great art, but in the designs featured in the film there exists evidence of a great deal of artistry, and through such the experience of watching it is unabashedly joyful. Any gamer with plans to play FF XV would do well to watch Kingsglaive, escaping early into Eos for a few fun hours.
Mankind Divided is no longer Speculative Fiction along the lines of human Revolution, but a more allegorical work less open to application, interpretation, or speculation.
Jurgens may be writing a smarter Superman than is often depicted, but he’s certainly not writing a smarter comic book than fans of the genre have grown accustomed to.
The “depressingly normal” Keisha is certainly not normal, but she is depressing, and is the major hurdle to enjoying a conceptually cool comic.
Since Saturnalia, solstice festivals such as Yule and Christmas have always been about the conquest of light over darkness, and long before comic books stories of heroes across all cultures have been about the same. Morrison’s genius is in making explicit a connection so obvious it’s easily overlooked; so simple it becomes sublime.
Seemingly opposite notions – the insignificance of man in the universe and the centrality of Earth’s premier paragons across spacetime – are both being displayed in Hitch’s Justice League.
“One sees clearly only with the heart. What is essential is invisible to the eyes.”
Segovia’s otherwise gorgeous art unfortunately contributes to the derivative, uninspired storytelling which has plagued Action Comics throughout Path of Doom.
The Fist and the Steel does not maintain the high standard set by the Siege of King’s Castle, but its flashforward into Colin King’s future is full of intriguing information – quite appropriate for a series about espionage.
Justice League #2 is a marked improvement over the first, both for Bryan Hitch’s plotting and Tony Daniels’ pencils.
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