Amigo Comics 2020
Written by Massimo Rosi
Illustrated by Vito Coppola
Coloured by Viviana Di Chiara
Lettered by Monkey Typers
The Voracious King
The veil that separates the realms is shredded. And The Voracious King, born by the joining of The Hungry Ones, is now approaching to devour the world.
And there are some amongst us who want it to come….
This is why I love Amigo, I love their creations and of course why I adore Massimo. This is a great example of how universal storytelling can be and that regardless of where we are from, where we live and who we are influenced by some truths are universal. The fact that Mara is such a beloved, trusted and respected leader doesn’t come as a surprise though in a so-called civilised world she’d be considered an anomaly, why because she’s a woman. Then again Zalty’s is a prime example of the Church, it’s blind devotion in that they cannot see and their desire for power, to control and of course for wealth leads them to be what I consider the worst humanity has to offer.
The way that this is being told is freakin sensational! How we see the story & plot development keep moving forward through how we see the sequence of events unfold as well as how the reader learns information is laid down before us exceptionally well. The characters we see and how their motivations are shown to us and how they act upon them is what makes the character development stand out the way it does. How we see them act and react to the situations and circumstances before them and how one erroneously assumes things about the other, this is the stuff that highlights how damn good Massimo is. The pacing is superb and as it takes us through the pages revealing the twists and turns along the way we are able to see how everything works together to create the story’s ebb & flow.
The way the book is structured is phenomenal! There are subplots and layers to the story that are so intricately woven throughout that enrich this world. Masssimo does it so well and so subtly that you accept it without thinking about it and that’s the mark of a great writer. Plus the ideas we see here and how they are executed so as to make the biggest impact on the reader it is also what drives us to come back time and time again.
I like the interior artwork that we see here. The linework is nice and strong when it needs to be and can be soft and delicate when called for and the way they all work together to bring out the details is sublime. I like that this is pretty much straight on comic book style in appearance and the creativity and imagination we see is creepy and expressive without going too far into the horror realm. The backgrounds that we see being utilised here do so much more than enhance the moments as they bring us this depth perception, 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 strong and talented eye for storytelling. The colour work is beautifully rendered. I love how we see the hues and tones within the colours being utilised to create the shading, highlights and shadow work throughout. Also the choices in the colours are really rather intriguing to me.
No I don’t want to see more of the Lumen people and their crazy beliefs, I’ve seen enough firsthand in my lifetime to last me. I do however want to explore the world of Mara, her people and the other tribes that inhabit the land. The Fangbeasts look like something out of Star Wars and I want to know more about them. Also to see such a myriad of characters brought into play may fight a battle which concludes in the next issue that doesn’t mean the door has to close. Vol.4 is only a few short clicks away, well okay I don’t know if it is but I want it to be.