A review by adoras
Captain Marvel, Volume 2: Down by Filipe Andrade, Christopher Sebela, Dexter Soy, Kelly Sue DeConnick

3.0

For some reason, I didn't love this nearly as much as Vol 1. The first two issues are its own little arc, featuring Monica Rambeau, and although the story wasn't overwhelmingly special, I enjoyed it. It then moves into a longer arc where Carol discovers she has a brain tumor, and is no longer able to fly. That's some good drama, but for some reason the comic started to lose me. As understandable as Carol's reaction was, watching her anger and denial just wasn't super interesting, and the side characters didn't play off of Carol as well as they did in Vol 1. Her new assistant, Frank Gianelli, a homeless woman in a park who Carol has befriended, her doctor, and Kit, a kid in Carol's building who idolizes her. Of all of them, I liked Kit and her new assistant the most, but neither of them really jumped off the page. Vol 1 had several core relationships that really informed Carol's character, and I felt like that was diluted here. Although I did enjoy seeing Tony Stark and Steve Rogers making brief appearances.

Also, the art... the first two issues had an artist I really enjoyed, but after that, they have someone who draws in a more sketchy, anime style. I quite like the way he draws backgrounds, inanimate objects, etc, but the FACES. It's just bizarre and takes away from a lot of potential emotion, because I'm distracted at the weird, stylized way he draws Carol's expressions.