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A review by crookedtreehouse
X-Force, Volume 1: Angels And Demons by Craig Kyle
1.0
This is an ugly book. The color scheme, the falling down the wrong side of the uncanny valley, the complete lack of background art.
I remember thinking, when it came out, "Oh god, am I going to be one of those old dudes who complains about how the art was better when they were in their teens/twenties, when really they just can't learn to appreciate technological advantages in art?" But history seems to have agreed with me that this style of art was too ugly to go into common use. Like Alex Ross's art, it can be stunning as a cover or a pinup but it's completely lifeless as interior art, as it muddles facial expressions, and its lack of background makes everything look more or less like a Jae Lee book.
The premise of the story, that Cyclops has given dominion over a black ops squad to Wolverine, is interesting, but the execution is clumsy. A bunch of emotionally broken X-Men get together to argue and kill people? The writing needs to be precise to make that work, and this is not Kyle & Yost's best work. And, again, the art makes it dull to look at. They contrast with the word bubbles so much that it looks like they were added using MS Paint.
I don't recommend this book, even a little, unless you're looking for an X-treeeeeeeeeeeeme X-comic that looks like it was made with early 2000s open world style art.
I remember thinking, when it came out, "Oh god, am I going to be one of those old dudes who complains about how the art was better when they were in their teens/twenties, when really they just can't learn to appreciate technological advantages in art?" But history seems to have agreed with me that this style of art was too ugly to go into common use. Like Alex Ross's art, it can be stunning as a cover or a pinup but it's completely lifeless as interior art, as it muddles facial expressions, and its lack of background makes everything look more or less like a Jae Lee book.
The premise of the story, that Cyclops has given dominion over a black ops squad to Wolverine, is interesting, but the execution is clumsy. A bunch of emotionally broken X-Men get together to argue and kill people? The writing needs to be precise to make that work, and this is not Kyle & Yost's best work. And, again, the art makes it dull to look at. They contrast with the word bubbles so much that it looks like they were added using MS Paint.
I don't recommend this book, even a little, unless you're looking for an X-treeeeeeeeeeeeme X-comic that looks like it was made with early 2000s open world style art.