IDW Transformers: Lost Light #2 RI Cover by Joana Lafuente
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Transformers: Lost Light #2
(W) James Roberts (A) Jack Lawrence (CA) Joana Lafuente
Rodimus and Co. find themselves in a dangerous place. Even more dangerous than on a planet that exploded from the inside. That's already pretty dangerous. But where they are now? Oh boy.
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Posted by snavej on January 3rd, 2017 @ 1:10pm CST
Posted by partholon on January 5th, 2017 @ 8:47am CST
ive got two issues of Optimus Prime now but no lost light and seeing as in my locak comic store OP would be the FAR fewer seller im lost to figure out why.
even the online store i used to get it from doesnt have a listing for it.
is there a delay on the physical book i dont know about? (im in ireland for those intrested)
if this keeps up ill just have to go trade on it.
Posted by Ironhidensh on January 5th, 2017 @ 8:59am CST
Boy, did Lost Light #1 ever suck me right back in. Ever since the time hopping arx, I've been wanting some more functionist story. Wish granted!
Posted by Va'al on January 8th, 2017 @ 9:12pm CST
partholon wrote:is there a delay on the physical book i dont know about? (im in ireland for those intrested)
if this keeps up ill just have to go trade on it.
Where in Ireland? The thing about this book is that it was heavily pre-ordered, so you may have to ask for a re-stock/re-order, or indeed get a digital copy as Ironhidensh suggests!
Posted by partholon on January 10th, 2017 @ 1:52pm CST
plenty of comic shops here and i havent seen it in any of em. i usually go to the forbinden planet where i can still pick up the revolution tie in if it wanted it but no sign of the new ongoing.
MTMTE wouldve been the biggest seller there of the 3 books so im at a loss as to how its not on the shelves as they'd deffo oversuscribe it.
TBH guess it means i just missed it so ill wait till the first arc is over and get the trade instead.
no way am i getting a digital copy. i like me comics "Real".
Posted by Ironhidensh on January 10th, 2017 @ 2:30pm CST
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on January 10th, 2017 @ 4:36pm CST
Posted by Va'al on January 10th, 2017 @ 5:11pm CST
partholon wrote:im in Dublin.
plenty of comic shops here and i havent seen it in any of em. i usually go to the forbinden planet where i can still pick up the revolution tie in if it wanted it but no sign of the new ongoing.
MTMTE wouldve been the biggest seller there of the 3 books so im at a loss as to how its not on the shelves as they'd deffo oversuscribe it.
TBH guess it means i just missed it so ill wait till the first arc is over and get the trade instead.
no way am i getting a digital copy. i like me comics "Real".
Ask Big Bang, they're probably the best retailer around there and have personal ties to Nick and a lot of other Irish artists/creators.
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on January 10th, 2017 @ 8:15pm CST
Va'al wrote:partholon wrote:im in Dublin.
plenty of comic shops here and i havent seen it in any of em. i usually go to the forbinden planet where i can still pick up the revolution tie in if it wanted it but no sign of the new ongoing.
MTMTE wouldve been the biggest seller there of the 3 books so im at a loss as to how its not on the shelves as they'd deffo oversuscribe it.
TBH guess it means i just missed it so ill wait till the first arc is over and get the trade instead.
no way am i getting a digital copy. i like me comics "Real".
Ask Big Bang, they're probably the best retailer around there and have personal ties to Nick and a lot of other Irish artists/creators.
To go off this, check This out. The comic completely sold out
Posted by william-james88 on January 15th, 2017 @ 9:38am CST
Rodimus and Co. find themselves in a dangerous place. Even more dangerous than on a planet that exploded from the inside. That’s already pretty dangerous. But where they are now? Oh boy.
Posted by Bounti76 on January 15th, 2017 @ 12:56pm CST
Also, Lug is also a fembot? Cool.
Posted by ricemazter on January 15th, 2017 @ 1:30pm CST
Having finally read the first issue, I'm more confused than ever about the colonies and Cybertronian history. The colonies were lost, right? So what are a couple of Camiens doing hanging around decepticons? How did they get off world while their resources were running out? How were they able to get back to Cybertron at all when they were separated by a space-bridge?
Also, I hope Anode becomes more likeable. As of now she's kind of a very archetypal "Roberts" character.
Posted by Deadput on January 15th, 2017 @ 4:05pm CST
Orginal characters were fine when there were only a handful of them as main characters such as Rung, Nautica and Drift and they were even likable but now it's like half the crew are unorginal original characters now.
Seriously Anode is such a douche and is female which means she can't be from Cybertron yet the flashback makes it look like her and Lug are from Cybertron during the war like wtf Roberts where did they come from...
Posted by Shockwave 8 on January 15th, 2017 @ 6:38pm CST
Bounti76 wrote:The story seems good, but Lawrence's art is reminding me (unfavorably) of Corin Howell. Goofy, cartoony facial expressions, and though characters are distinctive, none seem imposing or threatening. Twelve of Twelve (?) reminds me of Professor Princess from Animated. Just not a good style for this book, I'm afraid.
I agree completely. Lawerance isn't terrible, but I still think Milne should have stayed as the main artist. I love his art, and it is far better suited to Lost Light.
Other than that, though, I really do like Lost Light. So far it looks as though it could be just as good as MTMTE. I am curious as to whether the "Geobomb" was actually what it seemed, or if it (or Rung) is part of the reason why the crew was transported to another universe.
Also, Lug tells Anode that she "made the pretty one with the sword collapse in front of his Conjunx Endura." Does this mean that Ratchet and Drift are now a couple? Did I miss something, or is this new?
Posted by Kurona on January 15th, 2017 @ 6:56pm CST
Shockwave 8 wrote:Bounti76 wrote:The story seems good, but Lawrence's art is reminding me (unfavorably) of Corin Howell. Goofy, cartoony facial expressions, and though characters are distinctive, none seem imposing or threatening. Twelve of Twelve (?) reminds me of Professor Princess from Animated. Just not a good style for this book, I'm afraid.
I agree completely. Lawerance isn't terrible, but I still think Milne should have stayed as the main artist. I love his art, and it is far better suited to Lost Light.
Other than that, though, I really do like Lost Light. So far it looks as though it could be just as good as MTMTE. I am curious as to whether the "Geobomb" was actually what it seemed, or if it (or Rung) is part of the reason why the crew was transported to another universe.
Also, Lug tells Anode that she "made the pretty one with the sword collapse in front of his Conjunx Endura." Does this mean that Ratchet and Drift are now a couple? Did I miss something, or is this new?
This is a reference to last issue, where Anode made Drift faint in front of Rodimus by somehow activating that vision.
They're not actually a couple not yet anyway, it's just a joke.
Posted by Ironhidensh on January 15th, 2017 @ 6:59pm CST
Posted by Kurona on January 15th, 2017 @ 7:16pm CST
Posted by ricemazter on January 15th, 2017 @ 8:06pm CST
Ironhidensh wrote:Let's all take a moment and realize just how much ass Megatron is going to kick in this functionist universe. He may be playing nice at the moment, but c'mon, its freaking Megatron in a freaking functionist universe. Ass will be smashed, and it shall be awesome.
I really, really hope you're right. I really enjoyed Megatron unleashed at the end of DotL, until his character arc faltered. I've been thinking a lot about MTMTE, LL, Roberts' writing in general, and I really hope this story doesn't go in a certain direction. From the beginning, I got the sense that Robert's doesn't really like having Megatron around. He's never really been interested in developing him from my perspective. Mostly, he acts like Ultra Magnus, only with fewer jokes at his expense.
Off the bat, I was kind of annoyed with LL because it immediately seems to be moving off on a tangent with the functionist universe. We just got through a major arc. There was a mutiny, people died, etc, and I think that these things should be much more immediate concerns from a story perspective instead of moving on to the next thing. So, why are we in the functionist universe, practically speaking I mean?
When the main cast first landed on the Necrobot's planet, we learned that Megatron wasn't too keen on dying in the near future. His story arc has basically been wrapped up. He seems to have suppressed his violent urges, his best friend and greatest influence is back in his life, he's happier now than he has been for a long time. So what does he still have left to do?
Suddenly, he's in a new universe along with his best buddy. A universe sorely in need of Megatron's revolutionary touch. Since Robert's doesn't seem to care for Megatron too much, I can totally see Roberts leaving Megatron behind, so that the rest of Team Rodimus can continue having adventures without him.
I super hope that doesn't happen.
Posted by Blozor on January 15th, 2017 @ 8:47pm CST
ricemazter wrote:Ironhidensh wrote:Let's all take a moment and realize just how much ass Megatron is going to kick in this functionist universe. He may be playing nice at the moment, but c'mon, its freaking Megatron in a freaking functionist universe. Ass will be smashed, and it shall be awesome.
I really, really hope you're right. I really enjoyed Megatron unleashed at the end of DotL, until his character arc faltered. I've been thinking a lot about MTMTE, LL, Roberts' writing in general, and I really hope this story doesn't go in a certain direction. From the beginning, I got the sense that Robert's doesn't really like having Megatron around. He's never really been interested in developing him from my perspective. Mostly, he acts like Ultra Magnus, only with fewer jokes at his expense.
Off the bat, I was kind of annoyed with LL because it immediately seems to be moving off on a tangent with the functionist universe. We just got through a major arc. There was a mutiny, people died, etc, and I think that these things should be much more immediate concerns from a story perspective instead of moving on to the next thing. So, why are we in the functionist universe, practically speaking I mean?
When the main cast first landed on the Necrobot's planet, we learned that Megatron wasn't too keen on dying in the near future. His story arc has basically been wrapped up. He seems to have suppressed his violent urges, his best friend and greatest influence is back in his life, he's happier now than he has been for a long time. So what does he still have left to do?
Suddenly, he's in a new universe along with his best buddy. A universe sorely in need of Megatron's revolutionary touch. Since Robert's doesn't seem to care for Megatron too much, I can totally see Roberts leaving Megatron behind, so that the rest of Team Rodimus can continue having adventures without him.
I super hope that doesn't happen.
Maybe Terminus will volunteer to stay behind since he has all of Megatron's passion for revolution, but less capacity to take it to the same extreme.
Posted by ScottyP on January 15th, 2017 @ 8:48pm CST
I'm so with you here. I'd bet something happens to Terminus and it's full on rage mode from there.Ironhidensh wrote:Let's all take a moment and realize just how much ass Megatron is going to kick in this functionist universe. He may be playing nice at the moment, but c'mon, its freaking Megatron in a freaking functionist universe. Ass will be smashed, and it shall be awesome.
Also, with the comment about the date, I'm going to guess that the title of 34 (or was it 35?), "The Custom Made Now" might have more to it.
Finally, while I like 90% of the art in these pages, Rewind looks messy here. It's a face plate, not a face casserole dish.
Posted by Blozor on January 15th, 2017 @ 8:57pm CST
Kurona wrote:I'm wondering where they'll get a ship from once they somehow escape from the functionist universe. I'm hoping that's how they'll re-introduce First Aid (plus Mirage and the protectobots). I miss him so much
I do recall a particularly tortured version of Rung being alive in that universe, and I have a sort of hunch about his...purpose...that I'm keeping under my hat for the time being.
Posted by ScottyP on January 15th, 2017 @ 9:14pm CST
Do tellBlozor wrote:Kurona wrote:I'm wondering where they'll get a ship from once they somehow escape from the functionist universe. I'm hoping that's how they'll re-introduce First Aid (plus Mirage and the protectobots). I miss him so much
I do recall a particularly tortured version of Rung being alive in that universe, and I have a sort of hunch about his...purpose...that I'm keeping under my hat for the time being.
Posted by Va'al on January 16th, 2017 @ 2:19am CST
https://twitter.com/JLawrence_Art/statu ... 43/photo/1
The #LostLight 2 iTunes preview is really distorted. I looked at it and felt bilious. The actual thing will be fine. Look at Megatron...
Posted by Va'al on January 16th, 2017 @ 3:10am CST
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on January 16th, 2017 @ 11:17am CST
Bounti76 wrote:The story seems good, but Lawrence's art is reminding me (unfavorably) of Corin Howell. Goofy, cartoony facial expressions, and though characters are distinctive, none seem imposing or threatening. Twelve of Twelve (?) reminds me of Professor Princess from Animated. Just not a good style for this book, I'm afraid.
I read this yesterday while visiting the front page at home, and you hit for me exactly why I haven't taking a liking to the new series yet.
For me, the art in both OP and LL is not as good as it was, and I'm not adjusted to it yet. That's why I can't enjoy these books as much right now.
Maybe I'll get over it, especially since Milne is still 50/50 with Lawrence on the book, but the art is what's dragging me down right now
Posted by partholon on January 16th, 2017 @ 1:04pm CST
im not liking this art at ALL.
Trade only is starting to look the way for me as i cant justify full whack for what i see as a substandard product.
pity as i like the story, but its faaaar too "till all are one" for me on the visuals front.
Posted by Quint on January 16th, 2017 @ 2:48pm CST
The art is a significant backward step for the title.
Just as TF comics were emerging from the stigma of cutesy toy adverts for kids, we get this pseudo-super deformed regression.
Is there beef between Roberts and Milne? There seemed to be some undercurrent of perceived attrition in the last Milne interview I read (possibly on this site). Then there's his demotion to co-lead artist and the way they (didn't) tell him.
Swallow your pride IDW / Roberts and get Milne back in as the lead.
At the very least, get Lawrence to buck his ideas up; remind him that the mean age in this title's demographic is 20 years older than his style suggests!
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on January 16th, 2017 @ 2:52pm CST
Quint wrote:Another anti-Lawrence rant:
The art is a significant backward step for the title.
Just as TF comics were emerging from the stigma of cutesy toy adverts for kids, we get this pseudo-super deformed regression.
Is there beef between Roberts and Milne? There seemed to be some undercurrent of perceived attrition in the last Milne interview I read (possibly on this site). Then there's his demotion to co-lead artist and the way they (didn't) tell him.
Swallow your pride IDW / Roberts and get Milne back in as the lead.
At the very least, get Lawrence to buck his ideas up; remind him that the mean age in this title's demographic is 20 years older than his style suggests!
I'm not sure about beef between Milne and Roberts, but Milne found out he was not primary artist via Twitter and IDW didn't tell him he was being demoted. Twitter suggests IDW was supposed to tell Milne and didn't, and Roberts assumed he knew as he announced Lawrence coming on and drawing the first story arc.
Posted by Kurona on January 16th, 2017 @ 3:01pm CST
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on January 16th, 2017 @ 3:58pm CST
He mimmicks Milnes style, but he takes his own flair, and it doesn't work for me. Roche can take Milne art and still make it gritty and works it, but Lawrence feels too cartoony for me to appreciate
Posted by partholon on January 17th, 2017 @ 9:06am CST
D-Maximus_Prime wrote:I'm not sure about beef between Milne and Roberts, but Milne found out he was not primary artist via Twitter and IDW didn't tell him he was being demoted. Twitter suggests IDW was supposed to tell Milne and didn't, and Roberts assumed he knew as he announced Lawrence coming on and drawing the first story arc.
see this is where this site is great.
i had no idea about any of that. i just thought he'd burnt out as mines styles is deceptively complicated and he's been on the book longer than some golden age runs.
IMO that was an incredibly shoddy way to treat the guy on IDWs behalf.
its incredibly frustrating from my POV now that the books that used to have some of the best art at IDW now all seem to have guys the would be more suited to the throwaway comics they stick in the Japanese toys.
i was willing to put up with crap art when no one wanted to draw the book and i was still guaranteed a furman story in the 90s , but these days i expect faaaar more.
Posted by ScottyP on January 17th, 2017 @ 11:43am CST
Ignoring for the moment that we generally disagree on the art, there's a saying in business that I think is prudent given the sorry state of the print comics industry right now (as I understand it to be, which is probably an incomplete understanding):partholon wrote:
i was willing to put up with crap art when no one wanted to draw the book and i was still guaranteed a furman story in the 90s , but these days i expect faaaar more.
"You can have it fast, good, or cheap. Pick Two."
We've got three dedicated TF monthly books at $3.99 each. $12 for 60 pages every month, often much less for subscribers. This is ignoring the other 7 (yep.) Hasbro Universe books, of which two (maybe three, we'll see where Micronauts goes) are more or less directly related to the TF storyline.
Right now there's a lot of content coming at us very quickly. I can see the appeal in going with pencils/inks/whatnot that are a little simpler overall.
Posted by william-james88 on January 26th, 2017 @ 10:23am CST
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on January 26th, 2017 @ 1:17pm CST
william-james88 wrote:I didnt know where else to ask but, do we know what Ravage's alt mode is in IDW before he died? I know he was a casette early on but did he become a memory stick like Rewind later?
We never saw any indication he was anything but a cassette-former
Posted by Va'al on January 27th, 2017 @ 7:19am CST
(W) James Roberts (A) Jack Lawrence (CA) Nelson Daniel, Alex Milne
Orders, kind gestures and pleas for mercy-all things that WHIRL finds it very easy to ignore. Right now, he wishes he could turn a blind eye to the freshly resuscitated monster who-somewhat inconveniently-is determined to beat him to death. Meanwhile-a long way away-one of the Transformers Universe's longest-running mysteries is about to be solved...
Posted by Big Grim on January 27th, 2017 @ 7:48am CST
Posted by galvatron00 on January 27th, 2017 @ 9:44am CST
Whoops.
Pretty good stuff though. I'm digging this storyline.
Posted by Randomhero on January 27th, 2017 @ 10:55am CST
itscramtastic wrote:Figured I'd throw it out there, was anyone else able to pick up Lost Light #2 on the IDW app the other day? I did, and it downloaded to my iPhone, but when I tried to access it on the iPad it said "Release on 2/1"
Whoops.
Pretty good stuff though. I'm digging this storyline.
I did. I stated it a couple days ago it showed up for a probably 15-30 minutes Tuesday night.
Posted by galvatron00 on January 27th, 2017 @ 10:57am CST
I picked it up around noonish EST on Wednesday (hooray new comic book day!!). That's crazy if it showed up on Tuesday too!!Randomhero wrote:I did. I stated it a couple days ago it showed up for a probably 15-30 minutes Tuesday night.itscramtastic wrote:Figured I'd throw it out there, was anyone else able to pick up Lost Light #2 on the IDW app the other day? I did, and it downloaded to my iPhone, but when I tried to access it on the iPad it said "Release on 2/1"
Whoops.
Pretty good stuff though. I'm digging this storyline.
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on January 27th, 2017 @ 2:41pm CST
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Transformers sometimes get a bad rap, but historically, the breeding ground for great storytelling in the world of Autobots and Decepticons has been in comic books. Bob Budiansky and Simon Furman conceived the lion’s share of what have become the basic cornerstones of the Transformers universe through Marvel’s Transformers comic in the ’80s and ’90s.
The current Transformers comics are produced by IDW, and while every series they’re currently producing is at the very least good, there’s one that stands head and shoulders above the rest: James Roberts’ Transformers: Lost Light.
Originally titled More Than Meets The Eye, the recently rebranded series tells the story of a ragtag group of post-war Cybertronians ostensibly on a mission to find the mythic Knights of Cybertron. That’s not what the book is really about though; it’s a story of freedom, redemption, romance, and family. It is equal parts hilarious and terrifying. It’s the best fiction ever associated with the franchise, and it’s not even a close race.
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13. DEVELOPMENT OF D-LIST CHARACTERS INTO FAN FAVORITES
Remember when you were a kid, desperately scouring Toys ‘R’ Us for the newest Grimlock or Starscream figures only to find shelves overflowing with the mediocre toy of some character you’d never heard of? The affectionate term coined for such toys is “pegwarmers.” The Lost Light is practically overflowing with pegwarmers.
Part of Roberts’ genius early on was making a conscious decision not to lean too heavily on the established icons of the Transformers mythos. A lot of those characters are compelling, but they have decades worth of storytelling baggage and expectations. Taking obscure, little-loved characters that had largely been ignored by the pre-existing fiction and grafting complex, surprising personalities onto them provided the crew of the Lost Light with a genuine breath of fresh air.
There’s Tailgate, a diminutive, endlessly enthusiastic Autobot who accidentally slept through the entire war; Brainstorm, an absolute genius inventor who is just a bit too amoral to be wearing that Autobot insignia; and Skids, a highly skilled theoretician with some alarming holes in his memory. It’s a sprawling, eclectic cast, though a few characters definitely stand out from the rest…
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7. THE SCAVENGERS
Imagine you’re a soldier in a universe spanning war that’s been going on for millions of years. You’re not a good soldier; there’s a decent chance you’re among the very worst. You’re in such a remote part of the universe that when the war ends, nobody bothers to tell you. You eventually figure out you’re on your own, and you were on the losing side of the war. What do you do?
That’s the scenario that faces the Scavengers, a group of absolutely anonymous Decepticon grunts. They have exactly one thing in common with the nightmarish Overlord: they have no real loyalty to Megatron or the Decepticon cause. They’re just trying to survive by whatever means necessary, dodging the gaze of more serious Decepticon outfits, and taking on surprising allies, like the brain-damaged Autobot warrior Grimlock. The book only periodically visits these Decepticon counterparts to the main cast, but the characters are just as fully realized and compelling as the crew of the Lost Light.
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5. THE REVOLUTIONARY ARTWORK
While James Roberts rightly fields the majority of the praise for the book’s success, Lost Light wouldn’t be what it is without its stable of artists. The book was launched with the sublime Nick Roche on pencils, and Jack Lawrence has recently taken the reins to great effect, but Roberts’ true partner in this endeavor has been Alex Milne.
Milne got his start working on Transformers during the infamous period when Dreamwave held the license, ghosting for that company’s owner and self-proclaimed “superstar” artist, Pat Lee. If anything positive came out of the embarrassing, litigious Dreamwave debacle, it was Milne. His work brims with painstaking detail, and no one has ever had the ability to infuse life into robots the way he can. He has the uncanny ability to let his characters emote without ever veering into cartoonish excess. The book is as defined by his visual flair as it is Roberts’ meticulous plotting. His future on the title is, at the moment, a bit unclear, but it’s difficult to imagine reading these characters for an extended period of time without his influence.
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on January 27th, 2017 @ 2:43pm CST
Gotta love that they took a shot at the art and how Milne really is the star of the series. He is. His art is the legitimate best of the Transformers world
Posted by Carnivius_Prime on January 27th, 2017 @ 2:50pm CST
Posted by Deadput on January 27th, 2017 @ 3:31pm CST
MtMTE is enjoyable to read it really is but the greatest?
I don't really think it's the god tier Shakespeare story telling of the franchise especially since season 2 was overall disappointing for most of it.
Part of why it was great was because of Alex Milne's amazing art but with him mostly gone besides filling in for an issue for another series it becomes less enjoyable when they get sub par in comparisons artists that have a different tone.
Posted by lowman_x on January 27th, 2017 @ 6:26pm CST
Deadput wrote:Part of why it was great was because of Alex Milne's amazing art but with him mostly gone besides filling in for an issue for another series it becomes less enjoyable when they get sub par in comparisons artists that have a different tone.
I have to agree with you there. I enjoy Lawrence's work, but the style is a real step-in-a-too-cartoony-direction for my tastes, especially after Milne's detailed stuff. I could see Lawrence teaming with Sara on Til All Are One and really gelling with that book's vibe and look and really doing well there, but it's throwing me off a bit in Lost Light.
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on January 27th, 2017 @ 7:52pm CST
lowman_x wrote:Deadput wrote:Part of why it was great was because of Alex Milne's amazing art but with him mostly gone besides filling in for an issue for another series it becomes less enjoyable when they get sub par in comparisons artists that have a different tone.
I have to agree with you there. I enjoy Lawrence's work, but the style is a real step-in-a-too-cartoony-direction for my tastes, especially after Milne's detailed stuff. I could see Lawrence teaming with Sara on Til All Are One and really gelling with that book's vibe and look and really doing well there, but it's throwing me off a bit in Lost Light.
It's an issue with me too. The art is what is throwing me off the book and making it not as enjoyable.
Posted by ricemazter on January 28th, 2017 @ 12:28am CST
D-Maximus_Prime wrote:lowman_x wrote:Deadput wrote:Part of why it was great was because of Alex Milne's amazing art but with him mostly gone besides filling in for an issue for another series it becomes less enjoyable when they get sub par in comparisons artists that have a different tone.
I have to agree with you there. I enjoy Lawrence's work, but the style is a real step-in-a-too-cartoony-direction for my tastes, especially after Milne's detailed stuff. I could see Lawrence teaming with Sara on Til All Are One and really gelling with that book's vibe and look and really doing well there, but it's throwing me off a bit in Lost Light.
It's an issue with me too. The art is what is throwing me off the book and making it not as enjoyable.
Honestly, I think Alex Milne spoiled us rotten in terms of art, which makes it really hard to accept any substitutes. One thing I do appreciate is that LL isn't trying to emulate Milne the way some other artists tended to, but he was almost too good.
This might be a good opportunity to see if Robert's story telling can do most of the legwork, without relying on something beautiful to look at constantly.
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on January 28th, 2017 @ 12:37am CST
ricemazter wrote:D-Maximus_Prime wrote:lowman_x wrote:Deadput wrote:Part of why it was great was because of Alex Milne's amazing art but with him mostly gone besides filling in for an issue for another series it becomes less enjoyable when they get sub par in comparisons artists that have a different tone.
I have to agree with you there. I enjoy Lawrence's work, but the style is a real step-in-a-too-cartoony-direction for my tastes, especially after Milne's detailed stuff. I could see Lawrence teaming with Sara on Til All Are One and really gelling with that book's vibe and look and really doing well there, but it's throwing me off a bit in Lost Light.
It's an issue with me too. The art is what is throwing me off the book and making it not as enjoyable.
Honestly, I think Alex Milne spoiled us rotten in terms of art, which makes it really hard to accept any substitutes. One thing I do appreciate is that LL isn't trying to emulate Milne the way some other artists tended to, but he was almost too good.
This might be a good opportunity to see if Robert's story telling can do most of the legwork, without relying on something beautiful to look at constantly.
I agree with you. I agree with the screenrant thing that Milne made the book memorable. His art was perfect and so detailed and well done. Roche did good for issue 1, and I think the best issue without Milne was #47 with Brendan Cahill.
But Milne will be coming back. He and Lawrence are going every other story arc, so we'll get him back again in a few months
Posted by lowman_x on January 28th, 2017 @ 1:41am CST
D-Maximus_Prime wrote:
But Milne will be coming back. He and Lawrence are going every other story arc, so we'll get him back again in a few months
Is that confirmed?
Posted by WreckerJack on January 28th, 2017 @ 2:49am CST
Posted by Va'al on January 28th, 2017 @ 3:17am CST
lowman_x wrote:D-Maximus_Prime wrote:
But Milne will be coming back. He and Lawrence are going every other story arc, so we'll get him back again in a few months
Is that confirmed?
Yes and no, differing sources, no hard confirmation. It just gets cloudier the further we go along.