Sevara #2
Broken Icon Comics
Writer: Damian Wampler
Artist: Andre Siregar
Colorist: Anang Setyawan
Letterer: Steve Wands
Reviewer: Derrick Crow
Summary: In a future so distant, it looks like our past... A shape shifting immortal awakens from a ten thousand year sleep to find that evil, long thought erased from the Earth, has returned.
[SPOILERS!!]
Review: The more I read of Sevara, the more I become enthralled with the question of how much power does Sevara, as a Godlike character, really have? She can die, but seemingly she can be reborn as well, with memories intact. I find this interesting, to a point, and I hope at some point we get to see her full abilities either spelled out or at least examined to some respect.
This story likes to jump around a lot as well, making the most of it it seems with Sevara's non-linear aging, and being able to tell a long winded story in less pages, making for a more compressed story. I do like this, as it allows us to get more content without feeling like we're only reading part of a story in just a few pages. However, it doesn't give us enough time to spend with characters other than our main two, and I do think that's rather unfortunate.
I'm still intrigued by the storyline Wampler is building, if anything this issue went in a direction I definitely wasn't expecting. We didn't get to learn much about the Book that Sevara apparently wrote, but instead went on a buddy adventure with her and Alathea as we get to know all about how these two characters are still alive and how they're changing.
I guess my biggest thing is that I'm ready to learn more about this world, and about Sevara's secrets that I'm getting impatient. This is not on Wampler and Siregar though, they need to tell the story at their own pace and I will continue to be patient. This isn't a bad comic, I'm just ready for more.
I did have one big issue with this issue though, and that's the placement of speech bubbles. There are a couple of moments in the story where the dialogue connected to Sevara and Alathea simply don't match the situation, and it feels like their dialogue should be switched. Such as Sevara saying something that Alathea should be the one saying, and vice versa. It threw me hard out of the story, and I just feel that's something that definitely needs to not make its way into the next issue.
Overall, not a bad issue. I'm still intrigued by Sevara's capabilities, and now Alathea's as well. And there's so much more to this world it seems that just hasn't gotten explored yet, so I'm simply waiting for us to get around to that. That being said, Sevara and Alathea do a really good job of carrying this story forward as characters and they play off one another really nicely. If we're to focus simply on the main two characters for awhile, at least they're being written right.
Final Score: 3 Reborn Goddesses out of 5
Editor's Note: Sevara #2 was released everywhere yesterday, so if you have yet to do so, head right here to find out how you can grab yourself a copy!
Broken Icon Comics
Writer: Damian Wampler
Artist: Andre Siregar
Colorist: Anang Setyawan
Letterer: Steve Wands
Reviewer: Derrick Crow
Summary: In a future so distant, it looks like our past... A shape shifting immortal awakens from a ten thousand year sleep to find that evil, long thought erased from the Earth, has returned.
[SPOILERS!!]
Review: The more I read of Sevara, the more I become enthralled with the question of how much power does Sevara, as a Godlike character, really have? She can die, but seemingly she can be reborn as well, with memories intact. I find this interesting, to a point, and I hope at some point we get to see her full abilities either spelled out or at least examined to some respect.
This story likes to jump around a lot as well, making the most of it it seems with Sevara's non-linear aging, and being able to tell a long winded story in less pages, making for a more compressed story. I do like this, as it allows us to get more content without feeling like we're only reading part of a story in just a few pages. However, it doesn't give us enough time to spend with characters other than our main two, and I do think that's rather unfortunate.
I'm still intrigued by the storyline Wampler is building, if anything this issue went in a direction I definitely wasn't expecting. We didn't get to learn much about the Book that Sevara apparently wrote, but instead went on a buddy adventure with her and Alathea as we get to know all about how these two characters are still alive and how they're changing.
I guess my biggest thing is that I'm ready to learn more about this world, and about Sevara's secrets that I'm getting impatient. This is not on Wampler and Siregar though, they need to tell the story at their own pace and I will continue to be patient. This isn't a bad comic, I'm just ready for more.
I did have one big issue with this issue though, and that's the placement of speech bubbles. There are a couple of moments in the story where the dialogue connected to Sevara and Alathea simply don't match the situation, and it feels like their dialogue should be switched. Such as Sevara saying something that Alathea should be the one saying, and vice versa. It threw me hard out of the story, and I just feel that's something that definitely needs to not make its way into the next issue.
Overall, not a bad issue. I'm still intrigued by Sevara's capabilities, and now Alathea's as well. And there's so much more to this world it seems that just hasn't gotten explored yet, so I'm simply waiting for us to get around to that. That being said, Sevara and Alathea do a really good job of carrying this story forward as characters and they play off one another really nicely. If we're to focus simply on the main two characters for awhile, at least they're being written right.
Final Score: 3 Reborn Goddesses out of 5
Editor's Note: Sevara #2 was released everywhere yesterday, so if you have yet to do so, head right here to find out how you can grab yourself a copy!