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COMIC REVIEW - Darwin’s Diaries Vol. 2
the attacks has been killed. I particularly liked the panels on pages 4 & 5 panning round and round the workers as they are chivvied to vote for a return to work under the stern eyes of the management. It’s a real snapshot of the political reality that sent Darwin to Yorkshire in the first volume. The drab faces show that the workers recognise their place in the world and their ultimate lack of power, but their disquiet seeps through. They can’t quite believe that it’s over… and they’re right not to. Tariq Ballaoui. His work truly raises the quality of the book, in my opinion. The problem for me remains the mismatch between Ocaña’s hard linework and the depth and subtlety of the colourist’s art. A style is a style, but I can’t help feeling that a lighter touch on the lines (particularly on the people) would have improved things immesurably. I was impressed by the creature’s attacks. The sheer horror of its speed and the devastation it wreaks is wonderfully rendered. The artist doesn’t attempt to give definition and pose here to the creature. It is simply too quick. All we see is the blur, the bloody results and the looks of shocked incomprehension on the victims faces. This is really effective horror. How can you fight something you can barely see? How can you protect yourself from something so savage and powerful? It is a real pity that when we do get reasonably good looks at the beast it looks so, well… silly. If you’re going to have a monster story involving the world’s most famous biologist you’d better have a creature that seems like it could have actually evolved, no matter how outlandis ???Q??????????????????????????????????Q?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????Q????????????????????????e?????????Q????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????$??????????????????????????()???????I?????????=????A????????
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