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A review by spacerkip
The Marble Queen by Anna Kopp
2.0
The story was enjoyable, and the romance made me smile, but the art...
I didn't know "show, don't tell" was a critique one could make in a visual medium. The amount of unnecessary sound effects/descriptions in every single panel bothered me at first, annoyed me by the middle, and had me wanting to chew things by the end. I do not need words across a page to tell me two characters have been surrounded. The many swords pointing at them got that across very well, actually.
The use of flat colors without any shading seems to be an artistic choice, but I really think it made the visuals suffer. There was an overall lack of depth to the art that I eventually got used to, but kept the novel from feeling finished.
I didn't hate it, but I wished I could have enjoyed myself more.
I didn't know "show, don't tell" was a critique one could make in a visual medium. The amount of unnecessary sound effects/descriptions in every single panel bothered me at first, annoyed me by the middle, and had me wanting to chew things by the end. I do not need words across a page to tell me two characters have been surrounded. The many swords pointing at them got that across very well, actually.
The use of flat colors without any shading seems to be an artistic choice, but I really think it made the visuals suffer. There was an overall lack of depth to the art that I eventually got used to, but kept the novel from feeling finished.
I didn't hate it, but I wished I could have enjoyed myself more.