Loose Ends #1
Writer: Jason Latour
Artists: Chris Brunner, Rico Renzi
Ever since I read Loose Ends #1, my mind has been divided on what I have to say about it and how I ultimately feel about whether or not I should be reviewing it. I have decided to give my perspective because I think some people who are thinking about picking this book up today might be in the same position I was before reading this issue. I didn’t know anything about the previous issues of Loose Ends, and I have no idea what the story is. What I can say is that I did not particularly enjoy Loose Ends #1 but my reasoning doesn’t have much to do with the quality of the book.
Loose Ends #1 is an incredibly perplexing comic for me. The story has a fantastic setting, the dialogue is strong and the characters certainly seem to have weight to them. Though despite all this, I didn’t find myself enjoying much here. I was often confused as to whether I liked the comic or not. I often don’t read other people’s reviews before writing my own but I decided to do that before this one. When I finished Loose Ends #1, I didn’t know whether I was just missing something or I thought the comic was bad. The reviews I read were glowing. People love this book and I feel like I am the odd man out who complains about not understanding what happened or not being able to get behind the characters.
There are previous issues in this story and after reading other people’s reviews, I believe this is the principle reason behind my apathy towards this issue. I felt as though I dropped in the middle of a story without any context, introduction, or reason to attach myself to the characters. That being said, I do think I would enjoy this if I had read the previous issues and knew what was going on.
Chris Brunner and Rico Renzi bring Latour’s script to life in a very similar style to Latour’s own penciling of Jason Aaron’s incredible Southern Bastards. This proved to be the most enjoyable part of this issue for me. The gritty tone of the artwork is what creates the strong atmosphere this comic has. Burner and Renzi do a bang-up job transporting you to this violent world and they should be applauded for it the way we applaud Latour for his work on Southern Bastards.
Honestly, I think this review might make me come across as totally lost but I want to be as honest as possible about the way I felt about this comic. I did not enjoy this issue and I think someone who has just as little context for the story before reading the issue will not enjoy it either. In my opinion, you should pick up Loose Ends #1. Pick up Loose Ends #1 from 2011 and get a better introduction to this world than this issue provides. I did not find this comic to be accessible but I did not think it was bad. I will be reading the previous Loose Ends mini-series and returning to this book to see if my opinion changes. I recommend you do the same.
Artists: Chris Brunner, Rico Renzi
Ever since I read Loose Ends #1, my mind has been divided on what I have to say about it and how I ultimately feel about whether or not I should be reviewing it. I have decided to give my perspective because I think some people who are thinking about picking this book up today might be in the same position I was before reading this issue. I didn’t know anything about the previous issues of Loose Ends, and I have no idea what the story is. What I can say is that I did not particularly enjoy Loose Ends #1 but my reasoning doesn’t have much to do with the quality of the book.
Loose Ends #1 is an incredibly perplexing comic for me. The story has a fantastic setting, the dialogue is strong and the characters certainly seem to have weight to them. Though despite all this, I didn’t find myself enjoying much here. I was often confused as to whether I liked the comic or not. I often don’t read other people’s reviews before writing my own but I decided to do that before this one. When I finished Loose Ends #1, I didn’t know whether I was just missing something or I thought the comic was bad. The reviews I read were glowing. People love this book and I feel like I am the odd man out who complains about not understanding what happened or not being able to get behind the characters.
There are previous issues in this story and after reading other people’s reviews, I believe this is the principle reason behind my apathy towards this issue. I felt as though I dropped in the middle of a story without any context, introduction, or reason to attach myself to the characters. That being said, I do think I would enjoy this if I had read the previous issues and knew what was going on.
Chris Brunner and Rico Renzi bring Latour’s script to life in a very similar style to Latour’s own penciling of Jason Aaron’s incredible Southern Bastards. This proved to be the most enjoyable part of this issue for me. The gritty tone of the artwork is what creates the strong atmosphere this comic has. Burner and Renzi do a bang-up job transporting you to this violent world and they should be applauded for it the way we applaud Latour for his work on Southern Bastards.
Honestly, I think this review might make me come across as totally lost but I want to be as honest as possible about the way I felt about this comic. I did not enjoy this issue and I think someone who has just as little context for the story before reading the issue will not enjoy it either. In my opinion, you should pick up Loose Ends #1. Pick up Loose Ends #1 from 2011 and get a better introduction to this world than this issue provides. I did not find this comic to be accessible but I did not think it was bad. I will be reading the previous Loose Ends mini-series and returning to this book to see if my opinion changes. I recommend you do the same.
A Look Inside
