Artifact One #0
Aspen Comics 2018
Written by J.T. Krul & Vince Hernandez
Illustrated by Romina Maranelli
Lettered by Dezi Sienty
Introducing Remi, a young and energetic explorer and relic hunter, whose boundless curiosity leads to a startling discovery beyond anything she could have imagined! Along with her alchemist father, Remi works in secret, away from the prying eyes of the ruling clerics who lord over the realms of her world with their ancient decrees and strict devotion. Remi has her own sense of dedication--Her heart to adventure and her mind to the truth. But, what happens when that truth could change the fate of her entire planet, and destroy the very fabric of her civilization?
So these folks had me with the opening. Just the idea behind what we see here was enough for me to instantly take a liking to Remi. Someone who is curious about the world around them and doesn’t fit into the societal norm is someone I want to know. Then to see her move about the city she calls home while also introducing us to it in a manner that I really found wonderfully executed. This is exactly what you want from a zero issue this way the first issue can dive right in without having to worry about backtracking to explain something. This way we get a precursory look at the city and all the various characters and factions that inhabit it.
I found the way that this was structured so that the ebb & flow of how the moved through its pacing to be extremely well done. Never felt rushed and it provided us with enough characterisation to know what was going to be trouble. I say that because this culture has it’s own version of the Catholic Church, you know the one that had soldiers and ran the Crusades, the crazy version that thought they had the right to control society and what everyone believed. Only it was a cover-up for their own sense of greed and desire to rule, lord if you will, over others. Yeah we get a glimpse of them too and what they may or may not represent moving forward is both interesting and vexed by it at the same time.
Romina does some incredibly lovely work on the interiors. The one criticism I have is that backgrounds are utilised as they could be. I mean to show one panel with them then the next without kind of defeats the purpose and a stark white behind the characters leaves me feeling empty or that time constraints or lack of ability is to blame. When they are used it’s a glorious thing and really helps to flesh out the world and add character not to mention the creativity and imagination needed to bring it to life.. The utilisation of page layouts and how we see the angles and perspective in the panels shows a nice eye for storytelling. The linework here is both powerful and delicate and that’s quite something to see and I wholeheartedly hop that you don’t miss out on it.
The concept here is nicely presented and the whole idea that we see someone like Remi, so young and full of curiosity and life trying to cope with the reality of her world is going to be an adventure in and of itself. The correlation to the real world is handled nicely and that we can see the subtle influences that mirror times in our own history well that’s just an added bonus. It helps us not only remember our own past but shows the folly of forgetting it or letting it repeat itself.
This is written exceptionally well and with such lovely charming interior artwork this is what Zero issues were created for.
Aspen Comics 2018
Written by J.T. Krul & Vince Hernandez
Illustrated by Romina Maranelli
Lettered by Dezi Sienty
Introducing Remi, a young and energetic explorer and relic hunter, whose boundless curiosity leads to a startling discovery beyond anything she could have imagined! Along with her alchemist father, Remi works in secret, away from the prying eyes of the ruling clerics who lord over the realms of her world with their ancient decrees and strict devotion. Remi has her own sense of dedication--Her heart to adventure and her mind to the truth. But, what happens when that truth could change the fate of her entire planet, and destroy the very fabric of her civilization?
So these folks had me with the opening. Just the idea behind what we see here was enough for me to instantly take a liking to Remi. Someone who is curious about the world around them and doesn’t fit into the societal norm is someone I want to know. Then to see her move about the city she calls home while also introducing us to it in a manner that I really found wonderfully executed. This is exactly what you want from a zero issue this way the first issue can dive right in without having to worry about backtracking to explain something. This way we get a precursory look at the city and all the various characters and factions that inhabit it.
I found the way that this was structured so that the ebb & flow of how the moved through its pacing to be extremely well done. Never felt rushed and it provided us with enough characterisation to know what was going to be trouble. I say that because this culture has it’s own version of the Catholic Church, you know the one that had soldiers and ran the Crusades, the crazy version that thought they had the right to control society and what everyone believed. Only it was a cover-up for their own sense of greed and desire to rule, lord if you will, over others. Yeah we get a glimpse of them too and what they may or may not represent moving forward is both interesting and vexed by it at the same time.
Romina does some incredibly lovely work on the interiors. The one criticism I have is that backgrounds are utilised as they could be. I mean to show one panel with them then the next without kind of defeats the purpose and a stark white behind the characters leaves me feeling empty or that time constraints or lack of ability is to blame. When they are used it’s a glorious thing and really helps to flesh out the world and add character not to mention the creativity and imagination needed to bring it to life.. The utilisation of page layouts and how we see the angles and perspective in the panels shows a nice eye for storytelling. The linework here is both powerful and delicate and that’s quite something to see and I wholeheartedly hop that you don’t miss out on it.
The concept here is nicely presented and the whole idea that we see someone like Remi, so young and full of curiosity and life trying to cope with the reality of her world is going to be an adventure in and of itself. The correlation to the real world is handled nicely and that we can see the subtle influences that mirror times in our own history well that’s just an added bonus. It helps us not only remember our own past but shows the folly of forgetting it or letting it repeat itself.
This is written exceptionally well and with such lovely charming interior artwork this is what Zero issues were created for.
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