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Feeling Martian!
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Well, thanks to Hoopla, I read the omnibus collection of Monstress, by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda. I can see why it won all those awards; I really enjoyed it. The best part of the story collected here (issues 1-18) was the visit to the Isle of Bones, I thought, but it was all interesting and beautifully drawn.
My one gripe was that Takeda's art, though gorgeous, is not that great (IMO) in depicting action--combats and such. I frequently found myself scratching my head a bit and staring at the page, trying to figure out exactly what was happening in fight sequences. One factor is that, very often, panels are odd rhombuses that take up only a small fraction of the page (though running from side-to-side) and also show only a segment of what is going on. Also, since a fair amount of the combat (or equivalent) involves depicting magic, magi-tech, or otherworldly monsters, it is inherently harder to figure out what is going on.
I was impressed enough that I'm seriously considering picking up the printed version of the omnibus, which is quite reasonably priced these days.
My one gripe was that Takeda's art, though gorgeous, is not that great (IMO) in depicting action--combats and such. I frequently found myself scratching my head a bit and staring at the page, trying to figure out exactly what was happening in fight sequences. One factor is that, very often, panels are odd rhombuses that take up only a small fraction of the page (though running from side-to-side) and also show only a segment of what is going on. Also, since a fair amount of the combat (or equivalent) involves depicting magic, magi-tech, or otherworldly monsters, it is inherently harder to figure out what is going on.
I was impressed enough that I'm seriously considering picking up the printed version of the omnibus, which is quite reasonably priced these days.