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Rogue Planet #2

6/29/2020

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Rogue Planet #2
Oni Press 2020
Written by Cullen Bunn
Illustrated by Andy Macdonald
Coloured by Nick Filardi
Lettered by Crank!

    The crew of the salvage vessel Cortes set down on Lonely Orphan with dreams of getting rich. Now, they desperately hope to escape with their lives, as the planet itself displays a malicious intelligence—an intelligence that turns the crew’s worst nightmares against them.

    Hot Diggity!  This book is magically delicious in ways that even Lucky can’t charm!  Last issue introduced us to the crew of the Cortes and set things in motion to say hey this is a science-fiction horror book in a major fashion.  This issue picks up right where we left off and I have to say that thank goodness it did.  Here is hoping that this is going to be a real-time story instead of jumping around, unless of course it’s for a back story.  Cullen amazes me time and time again with the sheer amount of talent, skill, charm, charisma and uniqueness.  The man is a god among men when it comes to writing and even if he doesn’t think so the volume of work he’s done and is doing and the quality of it all leaves me gobsmacked.

    The way that this is being told is utterly brilliant!  The story & plot development that we see through how the sequence of events unfold as well as how the reader learns information is flawlessly executed.  I like that we see the team in the field that’s already encountered this alien life form which has taken one of their own and we get to see those left behind to fix the ship.  Why is the ship acting up in such a weird way?  Is this connected to this Rogue Planet?  I guess time will tell.  The character development that we see is utterly marvellous, though I found myself incredibly happy to meet Franco so…., and how they continue to be fleshed out through their conversations, the situations and circumstances they encounter and how they act and react to them.  The pacing here is amazing and as it takes us through the pages revealing the twists and turns along the way shows us how everything is able to work in concert with each other to create the books ebb & flow.

    Every time we turn a page there is something new happening that catches your attention.  Do not discount the little things either because it’s those seemingly innocent moments that can turn into the most revealing later.  

    The interiors here are absolutely stunning!  The linework that we see and how it’s varying weights work with the different techniques that we see working together to bring this level of quality in the attention to detail is sensational to see.  The creativity and imagination that we see here makes me chuffed as it seems endless.  Nick is a master colourist and we see this in how he’s able to utilise the colour, their hues and tones, to create more drama, horror and bring these things to life in ways that are to creep you out.  The way we see the backgrounds being utilised here is magnificent and not only because they enhance the moments but they bring us depth perception, a sense of scale as well as the overall sense of size and scope to this book.  The utilisation of the page layouts and how we see the angles and perspective in the panels shows such a masterful eye for storytelling.  This creative team right here needs to work together on all the projects because the synergy I see in this is mindbogglingly fantastic!
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    Franco aww man I like him, actually all three of those left behind are among the more interesting of the crew.  I say this because of how much we get to learn about them and let’s face it we didn’t like the captain from the get-go.  Still the way this is structured and how the layering within the story is being done engages the reader in some wondrous ways.  This is modern storytelling at its finest as it feels somewhat familiar and yet it’s only something we sense.  Best new book of the year!

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