Issue #112 was fantastic, that is all I have to say about it.
Agreed. I think a lot of the people who are getting all bent out of shape about the current story are too tied into loving one or two specific things about the comic, and when those things change they decide it's all bad. Invincible has always been a violent comic, part of the reason it's so gory now is because Ottley is more skilled at drawing than he used to be and can depict violence better.
Everything I see happening in the comic has had logical story lead-ups, explanations and it all makes sense considering character motivations.
Is what is happening shocking? Sure. Is it done for 'shock value'? No, it is done because it is what could logically happen in a long running, story driven comic that has characters that actually develop over time in a realistic fashion. For everything that has happened to make some people so angry across the internet over the last few issues, I can point to logical reasons for why it happened, instead of the characters doing something else that wouldn't have made sense based on their history and motivations just to keep some fans happy that their favorite character or superhero couple is going to be just fine.
If I wanted to read a comic where no matter what happened I knew everything was going to be okay, all the characters would live forever, no one changes and the good guy always wins, I'd go read Marvel and DC comics. I read Invincible because of all the things that it does right that so many other comics do wrong.
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I did lose some favorite characters in this issue and also really like the Mark/Eve relationship, so it's not just that I don't care because MY favorite character didn't die or have bad things happen to them. I am very happy Best Tiger got out of there this issue though. |
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