There are lots of benefits to continuing a beloved property in comic format:
Storyline size. No budgets indicates bigger scope.
Characters. expand your cast regardless of whether actors are available, in shape, or as youthful as they used to be.
Existence in perpetuity. Which can be a mixed bag, as there’s a drive to keep series going whether the writer has good idea for it or not. often an ending is a blessing.
Which brings me to Angel & faith season 10 #14. I must know better than to read anything written by Victor Gischler, considering that I haven’t liked his comics for years. everyone sounds the same and the plotting is a lot of generic, common-denominator possible.
Cover by Michelle Madsen
I taken a look at this issue because it promised to conclude a storyline about the return of Illyria and her host, Fred Burkle. I liked her character (and portrayal by Amy Acker), even if she was a prime example of Joss Whedon’s tendency to insert pathos and despair wherever possible. However, I wasn’t pleased to see that the return of these women and the showdown between them was boiled down to a slugfest. I don’t believe that’s good writing or authentic to the characters. There’s no creativity or cleverness in it.
All the characters, as Gischler apparently sees them, resort to punching first, last, and always. It’s visual, it’s true, but it’s boring to read and doesn’t feel ideal or authentic. will Conrad does a respectable job drawing this bilge, although the likenesses can be a bit static. and the two women punching each other in a background-less white area, although evocative of one of the show’s conventions, reads as a shortcut.
All the events in this comic read like they were generated by a scriptwriting computer: pledge of loyalty to friend. shot of cast lined up facing cam to demonstrate teamwork. Expression of vengeance. determination in the face of overwhelming odds. statement of virtue of humanity over higher beings. momentary victory not allowed to stand without hints of ramifications to drive next storyline. In short, it’s crap. (The publisher supplied an development digital review copy.)
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