Infinity 8 #1-6, or volumes 1 & 2, 3 issues ea. Lion Forge comics, 32 pages ea, $3.99, or collected as trades When thinking about various applications of comics, I often use the term “formal approach” towards particular ones. To … Continue reading Lewis Trondheim: The Cerebral Cartoonist
It’s a fine wrap-up for the first Infinity 8 arc. It’s kind of amazing how well Zep and Trondheim plot it since, once again, it’s all action. They’ve just gotten done with action, then there’s more action, and they don’t … Continue reading Infinity 8 #3 (May 2018)
This issue of Infinity 8 is all action. It’s a chase. Yoko is trying to save the ship from the hungry aliens–everyone’s an alien but the hungry aliens are the ones who eat dead bodies and realize if they kill … Continue reading Infinity 8 #2 (April 2018)
Infinity 8 is a joyful bit of European sci-fi comics “for beginners.” The pacing is very modern, the way writers Lewis Trondheim and Zep use dialogue, the way Dominique Bertail introduces new characters and does visual reveals–all very accessible. The … Continue reading Infinity 8 #1 (March 2018)
