Cover: Yep. The combination of massive logo and massive coverline marginalises the art. A pity.
Dredd: Very enjoyable. This could easily have run to one or two more parts, but its succinct nature worked well enough. Given one of the reveals, it almost felt like there was a tangential Scarlet Traces crossover!
Storm Warning: An odd one. Something about Langley’s art propels me back to the vol. 2 days of the Meg, although it’s clearly far better in terms of storytelling. The strip itself works well enough.
Devlin: This hasn’t grabbed me as much as the previous run, but it’s really days yet. I’m curious to know how the twist will be shifted back to some kind of status quo – assuming that happens.
Death: Urgh. I’m not keen on this at all, I’m afraid. The enemies are cliches. And we’re back on the Dark Judges escape treadmill.
Surfer: Good stuff – unsurprisingly, given the team.
Floppy: You’ll be missed, kinda. I’ll admit my patience was wearing thin a little when we got things like Feral and Foe, but by grud those Robin Smith cover books were fantastic. This month’s was solid. I liked the first strip a lot more than the second and, to be honest, didn’t remember much about them.
It’ll be interesting to see how the new format shakes out next month. That would have seemed a good moment for a full refresh, rather than starting with part three of four ongoing stories, but there you go. I’m not really looking forward to Mega City Two and the price rise, but it is what it is. (I guess as a subscriber, I’m at least insulated initially from the latter of those.)
