So, three very important things happened in this issue:
1) Kylo committed some extremely snarky, badass murders.
2) We got a big heartbreaking spread of flashbacks to his childhood surrounded by people who loved him and did their best.
3) This obscenely RTMI bit of id bait happened:
( Spoilers, along with some possibly spoilery speculation )
I continue to love everything about the way Soule writes Kylo: the excruciating vulnerability, the compulsive dishonesty with himself, the way he veers wildly between cool sarcastic swagger and chaotic, self-defeating impulsivity. I also continue to be baffled by the fact that no comic artist alive seems able to produce a passing likeness of Adam Driver's face - I'm no artist myself but is it really that hard??? Fanartists seem to manage fine??? But at this point I've mostly made my peace with the fact that this whole Western superhero comics art style just isn't for me and that I have to wilfully look past the ugliness if I want to get to the good stuff.
I know this isn't much of a review but you guys will have to excuse me now. There's a, um, certain panel that I need to go meditate on at very great length and in very great depth.
1) Kylo committed some extremely snarky, badass murders.
2) We got a big heartbreaking spread of flashbacks to his childhood surrounded by people who loved him and did their best.
3) This obscenely RTMI bit of id bait happened:
I continue to love everything about the way Soule writes Kylo: the excruciating vulnerability, the compulsive dishonesty with himself, the way he veers wildly between cool sarcastic swagger and chaotic, self-defeating impulsivity. I also continue to be baffled by the fact that no comic artist alive seems able to produce a passing likeness of Adam Driver's face - I'm no artist myself but is it really that hard??? Fanartists seem to manage fine??? But at this point I've mostly made my peace with the fact that this whole Western superhero comics art style just isn't for me and that I have to wilfully look past the ugliness if I want to get to the good stuff.
I know this isn't much of a review but you guys will have to excuse me now. There's a, um, certain panel that I need to go meditate on at very great length and in very great depth.