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3.0
I don’t know whether I should give this two stars or three. I guess I’ll go with 3, since the art *is* pretty great.
I’ve never seen an art book that just republishes random comic book issues in their entirety before. This is literally the first one I’ve seen like this. Which would be fine, except that only the Watchmen: Silk Spectre storyline is complete. Most of the other stuff is just a section of the overall story, making this book neither fish nor fowl: it doesn’t primarily feature the art, nor does it give you complete tales.
Weird.
Anyway, the aforementioned Silk Spectre story gives the best example of Conner’s range. There are prosaic moments of people doing ordinary things rendered with exacting detail, but there are also the pages of superhero action that show off her storytelling ability. Additionally, she gets to stretch because the bulk of the story takes place in the early 70s in San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury section, so there are groovy hippie threads and throwback poster designs and even a psychedelic drug trip. You don’t get that in too many comics.
I’ve never seen an art book that just republishes random comic book issues in their entirety before. This is literally the first one I’ve seen like this. Which would be fine, except that only the Watchmen: Silk Spectre storyline is complete. Most of the other stuff is just a section of the overall story, making this book neither fish nor fowl: it doesn’t primarily feature the art, nor does it give you complete tales.
Weird.
Anyway, the aforementioned Silk Spectre story gives the best example of Conner’s range. There are prosaic moments of people doing ordinary things rendered with exacting detail, but there are also the pages of superhero action that show off her storytelling ability. Additionally, she gets to stretch because the bulk of the story takes place in the early 70s in San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury section, so there are groovy hippie threads and throwback poster designs and even a psychedelic drug trip. You don’t get that in too many comics.
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