White Trees #2
Image Comics
Writer: Chip Zdarsky
Artists: Kris Anka & Matt Wilson
Part two of the Zdarsky, Anka and Wilson’s miniseries is upon us and shows us readers as well as the entire community that we should hope for more team-ups like these in creator-owned comics so we can see their full potential.
This issue picks up with the main trio sneaking on a group of Trilonian soldiers in order to steal their uniforms and infiltrate the fortress to where Scotiar tracked their missing offspring. Krylos, however, still refuses to fight and the team ends up having to improvise… taking Krylos as their prisoner. Once inside the enemy’s outpost, the group finds out a dark and enraging secret.
As per usual, Zdarsky’s writing is pristine. Not only he makes every single character on the page feel interesting, but also progresses the story to a perfectly paced rhythm, unveiling the secrets as they become important rather than when they were actually discovered. This comic received one of the most precise and well-done conclusions I’ve ever seen. Not only because the ending was fitting to what had been set up until then, but because of how it was presented. Zdarsky divided the main story into two cores ever since the beginning and managed to end both of them in the same scene, which was such a good partnership between the creative team that it made this ending feel organic and effortless.
Anka’s line art is amazing! Action scenes are incredibly well described as are every single emotion the characters feel. Not only that but the locations are established before the scenes actually carry on making for beautiful panels which reflect this world’s differences and similarities. The shading is also gorgeous and provides the perfect setup to be complemented by Matt Wilson’s notable coloring. Wonderful lighting in certain panels that require it and a lot of personalized storytelling obviously present in other ones showing just how versatile and talented Wilson is.
White Trees was a quick and blessing breeze which came along as fast as it went away. Yet, it is easily one of the best fantasy comics of the year. Everything the team chose to do, they did it right. If you don’t like the story you’ll like the characters, if not that, the artwork. It’s a simple and entertaining plot done with tons of style and passions easily making this a must-read.
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The White Trees #2
White Trees was a quick and blessing breeze which came along as fast as it went away. Yet, it is easily one of the best fantasy comics of the year because whatever the team chose to do, they did it right. If you don't like the story you'll like the characters, if not that the artwork. It's a simple and entertaining plot done with tons of style and passions easily making this a must read.
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