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A review by mjoyner
Stephen McCranie's Space Boy Volume 10 by Stephen McCranie
3.0
I'm super sad to say - This is the first volume that felt a bit lackluster. The plot slowed significantly to make way for unnecessary elements, mainly info dumps. McCranie is usually good about giving us information in ways that fit with the story (through realistic classroom lectures, for example); but here we got big bits of information in contexts that didn't click for me. I couldn't focus on the key facts being conveyed because I was distracted wondering, "Why is this character even asking about this? Shouldn't they already know? Why is this conversation even happening right now?"
I also felt that the great quest of the dad character was way too prolonged, despite McCranie gifting us with a time jump to speed some of it up. I just didn't care for his big quandary, maybe because the suspense wasn't set up well.
On top of all that, anyone else feel that the art was also less exciting than usual? Hope this isn't the beginning of a consistent reduction in quality
I also felt that the great quest of the dad character was way too prolonged, despite McCranie gifting us with a time jump to speed some of it up. I just didn't care for his big quandary, maybe because the suspense wasn't set up well.
On top of all that, anyone else feel that the art was also less exciting than usual? Hope this isn't the beginning of a consistent reduction in quality