Plutona #5
Written by: Jeff Lemire & Emi Lenox
Art by: Emi Lenox
Plutona has been an excellent mini-series so far in its exploring of a wonderful dynamic between 5 kids. The mini-series has benefitted from an incredible dynamic between the kids who find Plutona’s body and that is the reason the comic was so good. In this final issue, we aren’t given much resolution to the individual conflicts between the characters. There is a small plot twist that abruptly ends the series without giving the story enough room to explore the twist’s effects on the characters. The plot was never all that interesting in this series but the dynamics were so strong and akin to something like The Breakfast Club that it became infinitely compelling. The problem with this being the final issue is that we don’t really spend quality time with the characters in the final moments we spend with them. The final issues is all spectacle without the heart that powered this story. If this were a middle issue, it wouldn’t suffer from the same problems but there is a great lack of closure considering this is the final issue. Emi Lenox’s art is what saves this issue from being truly bad. There is an innocent to her art that perfectly captures the tone of these characters. Though despite the innocence, Lenox’s pencils also have a grit to them that bolster the sense of danger in this issue. The art is the saving grace of a final issue that has failed the excellent characters of this series.
Art by: Emi Lenox
Plutona has been an excellent mini-series so far in its exploring of a wonderful dynamic between 5 kids. The mini-series has benefitted from an incredible dynamic between the kids who find Plutona’s body and that is the reason the comic was so good. In this final issue, we aren’t given much resolution to the individual conflicts between the characters. There is a small plot twist that abruptly ends the series without giving the story enough room to explore the twist’s effects on the characters. The plot was never all that interesting in this series but the dynamics were so strong and akin to something like The Breakfast Club that it became infinitely compelling. The problem with this being the final issue is that we don’t really spend quality time with the characters in the final moments we spend with them. The final issues is all spectacle without the heart that powered this story. If this were a middle issue, it wouldn’t suffer from the same problems but there is a great lack of closure considering this is the final issue. Emi Lenox’s art is what saves this issue from being truly bad. There is an innocent to her art that perfectly captures the tone of these characters. Though despite the innocence, Lenox’s pencils also have a grit to them that bolster the sense of danger in this issue. The art is the saving grace of a final issue that has failed the excellent characters of this series.
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