Shadow Service #9
Vault Comics 2020
Written by Cavan Scott
Illustrated by Corin Howell
Coloured by Triona Farrell
Lettered by Andworld Design
The truth below! With Gina at her mercy, Lady Yastrik comes face-to-face with a terror she never imagined existed. An MI666 agent has been pushed too far and all hell is about to be let loose. Quite literally!
I am in love with this issue. Just the setting alone is amazing and gives you a whole new meaning to a dinner party from hell. Cavan is an amazing wordsmith and the way he’s able to craft a story and fill it with dialogue in such ways that excite the reader. How it is able to evoke such feelings and emotion throughout is utterly spectacular. The opening is phenomenal as what we see happen to this poor child is so thoroughly disconcerting and horrific, yet completely and utterly fascinating at the same time. While Doctor Dee may have wanted all the power for himself and himself alone fate has other plans and what better a conduit for such a creature than that of a child who is much more malleable and easily possessable than a fully formed grown adult man whose personality has already been formed.
I love 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 exquisitely well. The character development that we see is extraordinary thanks to how we see the dialogue, the character interaction as well as how they act and react to the situations and circumstances that they encounter. The pacing is superb and as it takes us through the pages revealing more and more of the story along with the twists & turns along the way we’re so caught up in what we see we hardly realise how quickly the issue reads.
I greatly appreciate the way that this is being structured as well as how the layers within the story continue to grow, evolve and emerge anew depending on the avenues that are explored or introduced. The layers contain some of the best characterisation and add some of those new avenues to be explored and whether they work with the main arc of the story or simply swirl around it the depth and complexity that it adds is magnificent to see. How everything works together to create the story’s ebb & flow as well as how it moves the story forward is achieved exceptionally well.
The interiors here are so bloody dynamic and interesting. The linework is sensational and how we see the varying weights and techniques being utilised to create this level and quality to the detail work is astonishing to see. How we see backgrounds being utilised throughout not only enhance the moments but how they work within the composition of the panels to bring us the depth perception, sense of scale and the overall sense of size and scope to the story is rendered beautifully. The creativity and imagination that’s on display here is marvellous and whether it’s the boy being tattooed or that magnificent two-page spread what we see leaves you gobsmacked. 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 bloody gorgeous. How we see the various hues and tones within the colours being utilised to create the shading, highlights and shadow work shows a stellar eye for how colour works.
This issue really knocked my socks off. There is a lot happening but nothing seems out of place, crammed in or just shoved in for the sake of it being there. Cavan has really crafted something extraordinary with the writing and characterisation that gets the perfect compliment from Corin and Triona’s interiors.
Vault Comics 2020
Written by Cavan Scott
Illustrated by Corin Howell
Coloured by Triona Farrell
Lettered by Andworld Design
The truth below! With Gina at her mercy, Lady Yastrik comes face-to-face with a terror she never imagined existed. An MI666 agent has been pushed too far and all hell is about to be let loose. Quite literally!
I am in love with this issue. Just the setting alone is amazing and gives you a whole new meaning to a dinner party from hell. Cavan is an amazing wordsmith and the way he’s able to craft a story and fill it with dialogue in such ways that excite the reader. How it is able to evoke such feelings and emotion throughout is utterly spectacular. The opening is phenomenal as what we see happen to this poor child is so thoroughly disconcerting and horrific, yet completely and utterly fascinating at the same time. While Doctor Dee may have wanted all the power for himself and himself alone fate has other plans and what better a conduit for such a creature than that of a child who is much more malleable and easily possessable than a fully formed grown adult man whose personality has already been formed.
I love 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 exquisitely well. The character development that we see is extraordinary thanks to how we see the dialogue, the character interaction as well as how they act and react to the situations and circumstances that they encounter. The pacing is superb and as it takes us through the pages revealing more and more of the story along with the twists & turns along the way we’re so caught up in what we see we hardly realise how quickly the issue reads.
I greatly appreciate the way that this is being structured as well as how the layers within the story continue to grow, evolve and emerge anew depending on the avenues that are explored or introduced. The layers contain some of the best characterisation and add some of those new avenues to be explored and whether they work with the main arc of the story or simply swirl around it the depth and complexity that it adds is magnificent to see. How everything works together to create the story’s ebb & flow as well as how it moves the story forward is achieved exceptionally well.
The interiors here are so bloody dynamic and interesting. The linework is sensational and how we see the varying weights and techniques being utilised to create this level and quality to the detail work is astonishing to see. How we see backgrounds being utilised throughout not only enhance the moments but how they work within the composition of the panels to bring us the depth perception, sense of scale and the overall sense of size and scope to the story is rendered beautifully. The creativity and imagination that’s on display here is marvellous and whether it’s the boy being tattooed or that magnificent two-page spread what we see leaves you gobsmacked. 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 bloody gorgeous. How we see the various hues and tones within the colours being utilised to create the shading, highlights and shadow work shows a stellar eye for how colour works.
This issue really knocked my socks off. There is a lot happening but nothing seems out of place, crammed in or just shoved in for the sake of it being there. Cavan has really crafted something extraordinary with the writing and characterisation that gets the perfect compliment from Corin and Triona’s interiors.
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