Die!Die!Die! #7
Skybound/Image Comics 2018
Written by Robert Kirkman
Co-Plotted by Scott M. Gimple
Illustrated by Chris Burnham
Coloured by Nathan Fairbairn
Lettered by Russ Wooten
I love this series and I don’t apologise for that. This really is one of the most violent, sex filled crazy ass off the wall book I have read in a while. Of course all of that is why I am drawn to it but in order to stick around there has to be more than that. And I am sorry but Robert Kirkman knows how to write a damn good story and when he’s having fun, you can tell when he’s having fun too, it just gets so much more fun to read.
Just when I think things couldn’t get any more odd this issue comes along and suddenly a new page in weird is written. So the abridged version of Anita’s life, death and resurrection come as something of a shock to me but that doesn’t mean now I want to see more of her, how this all transpired and what the consequences are going to be moving forward.
This issue has that confrontation that has been brewing since day one. She may be a stone cold-hearted bitch in the truest sense of the word but he’s downright, I'm not even sure there’s a word for it. His smarmy, smug face disgusting as all get out with a righteousness and attitude that makes Trump look meek yeah the two of them really needed to have this out. It is just too bad it was televised live or something so the whole world could see or at the very least the cabal which they both belong to and are vying of control over.
I think the characterisation here is utterly sensational. I love seeing both of them going back and forth with their superiority complexes trying to outdo one another. How one always tries to have that upper hand and laughs off the others tactics. Each of them has their own very palpable hatred for the other sex for their own reasons which we see a lot of pronounced here. With the way that we see them both it’s hard to find one to really like more than the other and the fact that Robert delves into each them like he does and makes them both despicable people is spectacular to see.
Chris really does make this what it is for me. His work really brings this to life and the way he’s so incredibly masterful at manipulating linework to create this stunning attention to detail always amazes me. His ability to show action in the panels is a strong suit of his, the way he can show faces and facial expressions that further the characterisation is essential. The creativity and imagination that we see is on point and brings things we wouldn’t think of to life with aplomb. Oh and the whole eyes wide shut thing is definitely a wow factor. The utilisation of the page layouts and how we see the angles and perspective in the panels shows off his sensational eye for storytelling. That backgrounds are being utilised as they are is wonderfully done in expanding the moment and bringing that size and scope of the story to us. The colour work is marvellous and it really makes everything pop. The way light sources are utilised for the shading and colour gradation shows a great eye for colour coordination.
This book is more than just a guilty pleasure for most all of us. The story has so many layers to it and that they get peeled back to expose more just boggles the mind time and time again. The struggle back and forth and all around in not just these two but the brothers and the agents that we see and see die, presumably, continue to add to those layers of complexity that makes the story more than just gratuitous.
Skybound/Image Comics 2018
Written by Robert Kirkman
Co-Plotted by Scott M. Gimple
Illustrated by Chris Burnham
Coloured by Nathan Fairbairn
Lettered by Russ Wooten
I love this series and I don’t apologise for that. This really is one of the most violent, sex filled crazy ass off the wall book I have read in a while. Of course all of that is why I am drawn to it but in order to stick around there has to be more than that. And I am sorry but Robert Kirkman knows how to write a damn good story and when he’s having fun, you can tell when he’s having fun too, it just gets so much more fun to read.
Just when I think things couldn’t get any more odd this issue comes along and suddenly a new page in weird is written. So the abridged version of Anita’s life, death and resurrection come as something of a shock to me but that doesn’t mean now I want to see more of her, how this all transpired and what the consequences are going to be moving forward.
This issue has that confrontation that has been brewing since day one. She may be a stone cold-hearted bitch in the truest sense of the word but he’s downright, I'm not even sure there’s a word for it. His smarmy, smug face disgusting as all get out with a righteousness and attitude that makes Trump look meek yeah the two of them really needed to have this out. It is just too bad it was televised live or something so the whole world could see or at the very least the cabal which they both belong to and are vying of control over.
I think the characterisation here is utterly sensational. I love seeing both of them going back and forth with their superiority complexes trying to outdo one another. How one always tries to have that upper hand and laughs off the others tactics. Each of them has their own very palpable hatred for the other sex for their own reasons which we see a lot of pronounced here. With the way that we see them both it’s hard to find one to really like more than the other and the fact that Robert delves into each them like he does and makes them both despicable people is spectacular to see.
Chris really does make this what it is for me. His work really brings this to life and the way he’s so incredibly masterful at manipulating linework to create this stunning attention to detail always amazes me. His ability to show action in the panels is a strong suit of his, the way he can show faces and facial expressions that further the characterisation is essential. The creativity and imagination that we see is on point and brings things we wouldn’t think of to life with aplomb. Oh and the whole eyes wide shut thing is definitely a wow factor. The utilisation of the page layouts and how we see the angles and perspective in the panels shows off his sensational eye for storytelling. That backgrounds are being utilised as they are is wonderfully done in expanding the moment and bringing that size and scope of the story to us. The colour work is marvellous and it really makes everything pop. The way light sources are utilised for the shading and colour gradation shows a great eye for colour coordination.
This book is more than just a guilty pleasure for most all of us. The story has so many layers to it and that they get peeled back to expose more just boggles the mind time and time again. The struggle back and forth and all around in not just these two but the brothers and the agents that we see and see die, presumably, continue to add to those layers of complexity that makes the story more than just gratuitous.
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