Wonderful Wednesday has come and gone once again, marking one more new comic day in the books. This week saw some interesting releases. IDW revived Cartoon Network's long forgotten
Samurai Jack in comic book form. The art is on, but the feeling is somewhat different. Marvel marches ever onward toward the conclusion of its
Battle of the Atom X-event with one of my favorite issues to this point. However, it is Image's
Pretty Deadly, making its debut this week, that is something fans of comics, westerns, and interesting storytelling should take notice of.
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The beautiful cover work.
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The story here is not terribly complex, but that is not really the point. Ginny, death's daughter, is something of a folk tale, being told from town to town by a pair of minstrels. When the crow-cloaked girl steals a missive of sorts from the wrong character, some ungainly folk take notice and decide to get her back. It's then that we see Ginny make her first appearance atop her horse made of smoke. The story is not complex, but it's engaging.
Even with that being said, the story is not the best part of this. No, that honor goes to the book's awesome art, setting, and the often-employed limerick. The art is beautiful and evocative of a western, just as it should be for this story. The towns look dirty. Characters look real, as opposed to the giant-busted NPCs of the Big-Two-Verse.
The limerick, I think, might be the best part of the book. Granted, it's used exclusively during a storytelling part of the narrative, but it is such a refreshing, interesting way to move the plot along that I found myself wishing it was employed more often.
I could go on for quite some time about all the things I love about
Pretty Deadly #1, but I'll leave you to pick it up and decide for yourself.
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