Black Beacon #1
Heavy Metal Comics 2021
Written by Ryan K. Lindsay
Illustrated by Sebastian Piriz
Lettered by Jame
There's an intergalactic space station out there bigger than our solar system that wants everyone to come along and meet up. The beacon made it sound like a utopia, but what Niko finds upon her arrival is a lawless expanse where everyone is out for themselves and she's so late she doesn't even have a seat at the table. A story of survival, truth, and experience lies in front of Niko if she can figure out who to trust and what to do before the secret of her journey catches up with her.
Alright colour me intrigued. I’m curious about Niko because she looks really androgynous as well as something of a teenager, I mean seriously she looks like a kid to me, so to have arrived at the place and to have answered a call that was sent out there has to be more to her than meets the eye, not a Transformers thing either. I wasn’t sure what to expect with this one and to be honest this was probably the furthest thing from what I could have imagined and yet it is so much greater than anything I could have hoped for and that’s the beauty of it.
I am loving the way that this is being told. The story & plot development that we see through how the sequence of events unfold as well as how the reader learns information is presented exceptionally well. The character development through the narration, the dialogue, the character interaction as well as how they act and react to the situations and circumstances which they encounter help to really portray them as people and less like props. The pacing is superb and as it takes us through the pages introducing the characters, this world they inhabit and the story at hand we realise we’re definitely not in Kansas anymore.
I appreciate the way that we see this being structured and how the layers within the story emerge, grow and evolve even over such a short time span. The layers contain the characterisation, plot twists and so much more and whether they work within he main arc or swirl around it they add depth, dimension and complexity to the story. How we see everything working together to create the story’s ebb & flow as well as how it moves the story forward is perfectly achieved.
I am in love with the interiors here. The creativity and imagination that we see is phenomenal and how Sebastian manages to create such great diversity in these species that we see is completely and utterly bloody impressive. The linework is fantastic and how we see the varying weights and techniques being utilised to create the detail work is pretty darn marvellous. Oh my stars and garters the way we see backgrounds throughout the book makes me a happy camper as they enhance the moments and flesh out the world. They also work within the composition of the panels to bring us depth perception, a sense of scale and the overall sense of size and scope to the story. The utilisation of the page layouts and how we see the angles and perspective in the panels show a remarkably talented eye for storytelling. The colour work is brilliantly rendered. The various hues and tones within the colours being utilised to create the shading, highlights and shadow work show a stupendous eye for how colour works and how to maximise its effects.
You really need to pay attention to what you are reading here. The writing is intelligent with witty characterisation and phenomenal interiors that not only take us to the stars but show a young woman whose as complicated as they come. This is an exciting new offering from Heavy Metal and you will definitely find yourself engaged, invested and intrigued by what you read.
Heavy Metal Comics 2021
Written by Ryan K. Lindsay
Illustrated by Sebastian Piriz
Lettered by Jame
There's an intergalactic space station out there bigger than our solar system that wants everyone to come along and meet up. The beacon made it sound like a utopia, but what Niko finds upon her arrival is a lawless expanse where everyone is out for themselves and she's so late she doesn't even have a seat at the table. A story of survival, truth, and experience lies in front of Niko if she can figure out who to trust and what to do before the secret of her journey catches up with her.
Alright colour me intrigued. I’m curious about Niko because she looks really androgynous as well as something of a teenager, I mean seriously she looks like a kid to me, so to have arrived at the place and to have answered a call that was sent out there has to be more to her than meets the eye, not a Transformers thing either. I wasn’t sure what to expect with this one and to be honest this was probably the furthest thing from what I could have imagined and yet it is so much greater than anything I could have hoped for and that’s the beauty of it.
I am loving the way that this is being told. The story & plot development that we see through how the sequence of events unfold as well as how the reader learns information is presented exceptionally well. The character development through the narration, the dialogue, the character interaction as well as how they act and react to the situations and circumstances which they encounter help to really portray them as people and less like props. The pacing is superb and as it takes us through the pages introducing the characters, this world they inhabit and the story at hand we realise we’re definitely not in Kansas anymore.
I appreciate the way that we see this being structured and how the layers within the story emerge, grow and evolve even over such a short time span. The layers contain the characterisation, plot twists and so much more and whether they work within he main arc or swirl around it they add depth, dimension and complexity to the story. How we see everything working together to create the story’s ebb & flow as well as how it moves the story forward is perfectly achieved.
I am in love with the interiors here. The creativity and imagination that we see is phenomenal and how Sebastian manages to create such great diversity in these species that we see is completely and utterly bloody impressive. The linework is fantastic and how we see the varying weights and techniques being utilised to create the detail work is pretty darn marvellous. Oh my stars and garters the way we see backgrounds throughout the book makes me a happy camper as they enhance the moments and flesh out the world. They also work within the composition of the panels to bring us depth perception, a sense of scale and the overall sense of size and scope to the story. The utilisation of the page layouts and how we see the angles and perspective in the panels show a remarkably talented eye for storytelling. The colour work is brilliantly rendered. The various hues and tones within the colours being utilised to create the shading, highlights and shadow work show a stupendous eye for how colour works and how to maximise its effects.
You really need to pay attention to what you are reading here. The writing is intelligent with witty characterisation and phenomenal interiors that not only take us to the stars but show a young woman whose as complicated as they come. This is an exciting new offering from Heavy Metal and you will definitely find yourself engaged, invested and intrigued by what you read.
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