Might as well start with the top thrill. It's Feral & Foe, a strip that's got me involved and excited and eager to read next the next installment in a way that nothing has since... well, Kingdom, to be honest. It's got character, humour, gripping action and a plot that hints at all kinds of intriguing developments - all realised, of course, by the magnificent art and colour of the Elsons. This is the business.
On the flip side of the Abnett-o-meter I'm afraid I've got to say that Hate Box really hasn't quite touched the heights of previous Brink chapters. I know I'm talking sacrilege, and that The Abnett droid on 80% is still the match of any other script droid, but there you go. Crucially it's missing the supernatural Lovetraftian aspect which made previous chapters so spectacular. Yes it's been bubbling under the surface but I want the weird shit up front! Also - and I don't want to sound like I'm slating a droid whose work I hugely admire - the artwork's been really stripped down, to the point where it doesn't even look like we're getting background in many of the frames. I understand that a lot of the action in the last few weeks has been confined to offices rather then taking place in the massive hab-scapes of previous chapters but still... OK I'll stop, before I'm pursued by hordes of pitchfork-bearing Brink-ites
Proteus Vex continues on the up and again it's Midnight providing all the fun. Can we just have a strip where it's her (it's a her, right?) eating walking dolphins every week?
Oh yeah nearly forgot, nice Dredd, mining a great concept. Love the rivalry between Tek and Psi Division.
Finally, look, I've always hated Yellow Submarine and there's far too much of it about Zaucer Of Zilk so sorry, for that reason... I'm out
