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A review by mschlat
Shade, the Changing Man, Volume 2: Edge of Vision by Bill Jaska, Mark Pennington, Peter Milligan, Chris Bachalo
4.0
I'm doing a reread of the series (for probably the first time in a decade), and oh my goodness the second volume is so much better than the first. Part of that is due to Bachalo and Pennington; Bachalo has started using the crazy layouts I love in his later work and the scratchiness of the first issues has faded away. The art is (usually) cleaner while still good at showing all the weirdness.
But the biggest change is due to the introduction of Lenny, the anarchistic sarcastic third wheel who is oh so needed as a foil to both Shade and Kathy. By introducing Lenny, Milligan starts turning the focus of the series from "madness manifestation of the week" to an exploration of the three main characters and their relationship to madness.
Add to all this two very good storylines (a freak out - on many levels - in San Francisco and the return of a frightening killer), and the series starts to take off.
But the biggest change is due to the introduction of Lenny, the anarchistic sarcastic third wheel who is oh so needed as a foil to both Shade and Kathy. By introducing Lenny, Milligan starts turning the focus of the series from "madness manifestation of the week" to an exploration of the three main characters and their relationship to madness.
Add to all this two very good storylines (a freak out - on many levels - in San Francisco and the return of a frightening killer), and the series starts to take off.