Amigo Comics 2019
Written by Massimo Rosi
Illustrated by Luca Panciroli
Coloured by Pamela Poggiali
Lettered & Logo by Monkey Typers
No More Good Water
While the Emerald Tyrant is busy fighting in Japan, madness and fear are spreading among the people. People start to act irrationally, some even attacking those who are protecting them. A horrible turn of events that will cause Ryan to question if Humanity is worth saving.
Well now this may be the finale for this arc but I will be gosh darned that this is as epic and interesting as anything you'll see on the television. It is a very cinematic looking book and that Luca does this purposefully is very recognisable, plus I really dig it. I have to almost hail Massimo as something of a profit because this was done long before the current state of the world today and he's really captured society and it's reaction to adversity in ways that terrifyingly accurate. Which in and of itself really demonstrates Massimo's ability to tell a story through words and this man is an extremely adept and talented writer. Not only is the story extremely original in concept but it is written so incredibly well with it's layers and sub-plots running throughout providing a much larger picture. I keep saying Massimo is the man to watch and probably one of the best writers of his generation.
I am so much enjoying the way that this is being told. The story & plot development we see through how the sequence of events unfold as well as how the reader learns information is presented to the reader perfectly. I am a huge supporter of the reader not knowing anything ahead of the characters so that as it plays out the excitement, danger and range of emotional reactions are shared with the characters simultaneously. The character development we see is amazing and it is so incredibly interesting to me to see them going through what they are separately and then seeing them come together and not acknowledging what they've come to realise in private. It so wickedly delightful in how it's presented and how we see this and it's too uncanny in it's resemblance to real life. The pacing is amazing and as it takes us through the pages revealing the twists and turns along the way and it is able to showcase how all of this works together to create the books ebb & flow.
The interior artwork that we see here is insanely good. I mean it too, mindbogglingly insanely good! It is so cute that Luca has cast actors in these roles that are actually p3e3rfectly done. The way we see the page layouts and how we see the fullness in the panels, see backgrounds, really do make this feel like a cinematic event. The way we are treated to seeing the depth perception, sense of scale and this overall sense of size and scope of the story and I have to say that this is a truly rare treat to visually behold. The level of quality that we see in the attention to detail is crazy, crazy good and it really helps the reader take the emotional journey of the writing to new heights. The utilisation of the page layouts and how we see the angles and perspective in the panels show a magnificent eye for storytelling. The colour work is just as divinely rendered. The hues and tones within the colours we see that create the shading, highlights and shadow work are exceptionally well done. Also we see hues and tones you don't normally think of being associated with each other and that's kind of what makes this brilliant. There is a pure understanding of colour here and the mastery of it.
This is an amazing mindbogglingly good story and how it's presented through words and visuals make this something should make you sit up and take notice. This is the kind of storytelling we all want, long for and need but don't find in the major houses. Indie Comics isn't a dirty phrase any longer and today it represents the home of stories like this.