Hey, and back to my review for void rivals. This is the ongoing issue #20 of the Energy Universe written by Robert Kirkman, and introduces new lead artist Connor Hughes! It’s very cool and very cool. So I’ll assume that you should get it right, huh?
Of course, this is a follow-up from the previous issue. There’s Solira vs Darak (something) on Dalak’s father’s throne (I know he has a name, but so far it’s not been said so often to me. But as he says, “Look at her!” But we get pretty well done action scenes with the cool choreography and the use of solira’s new powers, and we go in and out of the ground to catch people off guard. It’s a cool beat to open the book, and it’s about half of the book with split conversations going on. It stops because she and his father are justly pointing out that he can chill hell and talk like a normal person.
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Other than that, it invites more mystery, invites pages dedicated to junk, and gets a short sequence of Skuxxoids. Not much, but it pushes some things well. Another chunk of this issue concerns the leader of the Zertonians who are communicating directly with Zerta Trion, so we declare that unity of the sacred ring must come! It’s dramatic, but I’m wondering why it still feels so… ominous. Hmm. This, in addition to how the scene in the Throne Room ends, feels that we may ultimately see this mythical “gorin” falling sooner than later. Honestly, I’m excited to see it! Who doesn’t love the giant bad guys? I’m a Transformers fan. That’s one of our things.
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In terms of art of things, it’s cool to experience what Conner Hughes brings to the table. I admit I wasn’t familiar with his work, but his style is very instantly appealing. His line work here is reminiscent of Felici’s work, which helps with a smooth transition of visual continuity, but to a more rounded and cartoonish degree, just in the “comic book” way I tend to love. His expression was also great, and the action landed very well, as I entered easily above. However, there are no transformers on this issue, so I’d like to know how he actually draws them. In my opinion, they were a bit weaker for Felici’s art, so if you like how Hughes does his spin, and a little more, I’d be interested.
I think Void Rivals #20 is a lot of fun. That’s one more of those kind of “Yes, it was a good entry that’s not finished yet with a story that’s not finished yet” is the kind of problem you should ever expect from this book. It’s Kirkman’s style and it works. You get enough lore and character moments to carry the story at a lively and fun pace, but you don’t feel like any panel time is wasted. Good, efficient comic work. There are moments when I feel like I’m satisfied with the turning point of the story with the new main artist who made a strong debut, so yeah, I think this was solid and solid.
Ah, my friend showed me Gi Joe: The Movie, and now I know what the whole thing is with the Cobra-la guys in this book. But I’m not going to tell you.
“Void Rivals” #20 continues momentum
Invalid Rival #20
I think Void Rivals #20 is a lot of fun. That’s those “Yeah, it was a good entry that’s not finished yet” kind of problem is the kind of problem you should ever expect from this book. It’s Kirkman’s style and it works. You get enough lore and character moments to carry the story at a lively and fun pace, but you don’t feel like any panel time is wasted. Good, efficient comic work. There are moments when I feel like I’m satisfied with the turning point of the story with the new main artist who made a strong debut, so yeah, I think this was solid and solid.
Solid and efficient storytelling
As always, fun character moments
Amazing shows from new lead artists
