Originally Posted by
garazza
This has really been eating at me, but I don't think I like di Meo's depiction of Damian? He's an artist that has this weird quirk with his lighting I just find annoying for some reason, so he's an artist that can be hit or miss with me, and I generally try to like his work in spite of his flaw, but I just can't bring myself to like it here.
Damian looks waaaaaaaaaaaaaay too much like Tim for my liking. Combined with his weird use of lighting, I want to give him the benefit of the doubt and withhold negative judgement before the coloring and lettering gets done, but it just makes me kinda dread how this book is going to look instead of looking forward to it.
And I've been growing a little weary of Williamson's writing lately so I've been not that enthused by what he says in interviews he has planned for a character I really like and supposedly he does too, but his recent outings with Damian have rubbed me the wrong way as a Damian fan to the point it feels like betrayal. I know saying "betrayal" is a little over-dramatic but I don't have any other word to describe what I think I'm feeling. Disappointed, maybe? idk
I thought I would like the school setting, but seeing it here as depicted by di Meo has not excited me beyond my already low expectations and has me not looking forward to this book coming out even more. Like, what school is he going to? He's still going to West-Reeve according to one of the last Super Sons anthology stories and because he's 14 at the absolute oldest that would put him in the 8th grade or is he now a freshman in high school? Because I didn't start having that kind of desk until I get into high school.
I feel weird saying I still want Damian in the 8th grade, but I still find there's value in preserving as much of the Super Sons mythos as possible and I'd rather Damian not follow the same cycle Tim did as Robin, comparing this "new era" so to speak for Damian to when Tim started wearing the red and black costume instead of the red and green. I like that time in Tim's history in retrospect but I don't know how I would feel about them if I was reading comics when those were coming out but I think it be close to what I'm feeling right now.