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A review by kandicez
Elektra Omnibus by Frank Miller
4.0
I read this very slowly. The art here is phenomenal, and I found myself wondering how this even gets from the artist's hands to the page. There are very few lines in Sienkiewicz's illustrations so knowing the little I do about panel drawing, inking, coloring, I took far more time trying to figure that out than I should have. Sometimes you just have to enjoy and appreciate, not analyze.
Miller is one of my favorite authors. His stuff is so violent, filled with mental instability and illness, and his characters are never ever all good or all bad. They have internal conflict caused by trauma, fear, guilt. Elektra is no exception. I can't say I understood everything that Miller and Sienkiewicz showed me, but I felt it. This woman is a walking contradictory conflict.
Briefly, I much preferred Sienkiewicz's illustrations to Varley's. Varley has a very visually arresting style that lends itself well to many subjects, but I didn't feel it fit with Elektra's mental state. Varley's contribution was just the final "issue," so that didn't impair my enjoyment, but I do wish Sienkiewicz had done that one as well.
Miller is one of my favorite authors. His stuff is so violent, filled with mental instability and illness, and his characters are never ever all good or all bad. They have internal conflict caused by trauma, fear, guilt. Elektra is no exception. I can't say I understood everything that Miller and Sienkiewicz showed me, but I felt it. This woman is a walking contradictory conflict.
Briefly, I much preferred Sienkiewicz's illustrations to Varley's. Varley has a very visually arresting style that lends itself well to many subjects, but I didn't feel it fit with Elektra's mental state. Varley's contribution was just the final "issue," so that didn't impair my enjoyment, but I do wish Sienkiewicz had done that one as well.