Humanoids 2019
Written by Magdalene Vissagio & Darcie Little Badger
Illustrated by Guillermo Sanna
Coloured by Bryan Valenza
Lettered by A Larger World Studios
Two strangers find themselves inextricably tied together by inexplicable superpowers. Fighting their connection could mean destroying the world. 2 VOLUMES RELEASED - WORK IN 8 VOLUME(S). Opposites attract? Elakshi and Adam Land aren't married. In fact, a month ago, they were perfect strangers, dwelling in lands foreign to one another. But now, they're forced to remain by one another's side, for their separation could mean the planet's demise. Their greatest challenge is to stay together -- even if they have to tear the world apart to do so.
I really like this one because what the girls are doing with the characters. This isn't the kind of work in setting up our main characters that we expect and I think that's a genius move. What started off as a nice dance that lead to what could be a romance instead turned into a nightmare. There is something ab out this that I really enjoy it's kind of like Hawk & Dove in the current iteration. I like the intro page and I wholeheartedly support this and hope that we keep seeing this. It's beautifully done and catches the reader up to speed and allows a new reader to feel a part of this at any moment.
I am enjoying the way that this story is being told and how they've managed to structure the book. While we get to see a lot of what Elakshi was like growing up Adam does get his spotlight here and there and the way the story & plot development and the character development are intertwined and so essential to one another. Both are utilised extremely well and the fact that we get so much insight to Elakshi well it makes you wonder. I love being taken off script, when the writing and story are so good that your mind takes what you see and expands on it with what you know. I love seeing this here and it's only the second issue so I am officially excited for whatever may come.
The characterisation here is so good and when Elakshi admits to dropping out of med school this after seeing her childhood and learning that and what she desires well I question everything about her and her decisions.
The interiors here are really rather nice to see. The linework is thicker than we usually see and yet Guillermo's got a great strong hand and it works on so many levels for me. It is different, fresh and it has a beautiful effect and what more can you ask for than that? Oh yeah more backgrounds I can ask for that. There is some very nice attention to detail going on here as well. The utilisation of the page layouts and how we see the angles and perspective in the panels show a really nice eye for storytelling. Also the colour work is nice to see as well. I love how we get the past and while it's not rose coloured glasses it has this nice film over everything so it differentiates itself nicely.
I really like the way we see this story unfold and I gotta say there are some really good twists and turns that are going to cause a fair amount of trouble. The interaction between the characters and the consequences of what they can do make them a very unlikely duo which makes them even more interesting. I will have to wait on Adam being fleshed out some more before I come up with a more informed decision on him. For now though I'm content with this whole idea of a quitter trying to come up with a way to quit this as well. Oh yeah two issues in and I am all sorts of engaged and invested in this book.