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« on: March 05, 2020, 07:58:31 PM »
Because this was to be a ghost story, I do think the choice of Felipe Echevarria's "ethereal" and "abstract" style was an interesting one because, as the opening essay states, the intent is for Book 3 to be "a haunting mood piece." The problem is it doesn't always work. Though with that being said, I do think that when the artwork is presented with its dialogue in context with the other artwork and dialogue around it, meaning on the page it's presented on in its totality and not taken out of context as one graphic in the slideshow, it's much easier to understand who is being depicted, what they're saying, and what's taking place.
Innovation freely admitted in the opening essay that Book 3 is a departure from what readers of these comics had come to expect. But they obviously didn't realize their hope that the style of artwork they'd chosen would grow on readers wouldn't fully pan out.