Silk #03
Writer: Robbie Thompson
Artist: Stacey Lee
Colorist: Ian Herring
Publisher: Marvel
Silk is a DAMN good book right now. I didn’t go in expecting anything less from this issue, and I was still surprised – this team is putting in WORK.
Dragonclaw (now Rage?) is back in action, and he’s not pulling any punches against Cindy this time – although, neither is she to be fair. The result is a surprising outpour of emotions in what initializes as a goofy comic battle, then evolves into some major realizations that a lot of heroes eventually come to: some villains are “evil” more out of need, than want. Oh, and an encounter with Black Cat! (I mean come on, the cover literally says “Cat fight”)
This issue works well by paralleling the nature of Cindy’s isolation to her current struggles and enemies, with Thompson and team doing a knock-out job of seriously making you empathize with Cindy. She’s still lost in this world, after all, and granted that the events of Spider-Verse still occurred despite her sacrifices it might even make her losses hit even harder. That rage can burn deep, and it can be what separates heroes from villains – this makes for a classic feeling story that makes Silk one of the most earnest and “pure” heroes/heroines today. Everyone else is too “gritty” or dark, and all that…
Lee’s art continues to astound me in how much of a draw it is to this series – it catches the eyes, captures dynamism as well as pathos, and grants an interesting level of depth to fight scenes and dialogue alike with the facial expressions and body language used. I keep saying this, but I have to reiterate: I didn’t expect to like this comic, much less love it. Please pick this up.
Artist: Stacey Lee
Colorist: Ian Herring
Publisher: Marvel
Silk is a DAMN good book right now. I didn’t go in expecting anything less from this issue, and I was still surprised – this team is putting in WORK.
Dragonclaw (now Rage?) is back in action, and he’s not pulling any punches against Cindy this time – although, neither is she to be fair. The result is a surprising outpour of emotions in what initializes as a goofy comic battle, then evolves into some major realizations that a lot of heroes eventually come to: some villains are “evil” more out of need, than want. Oh, and an encounter with Black Cat! (I mean come on, the cover literally says “Cat fight”)
This issue works well by paralleling the nature of Cindy’s isolation to her current struggles and enemies, with Thompson and team doing a knock-out job of seriously making you empathize with Cindy. She’s still lost in this world, after all, and granted that the events of Spider-Verse still occurred despite her sacrifices it might even make her losses hit even harder. That rage can burn deep, and it can be what separates heroes from villains – this makes for a classic feeling story that makes Silk one of the most earnest and “pure” heroes/heroines today. Everyone else is too “gritty” or dark, and all that…
Lee’s art continues to astound me in how much of a draw it is to this series – it catches the eyes, captures dynamism as well as pathos, and grants an interesting level of depth to fight scenes and dialogue alike with the facial expressions and body language used. I keep saying this, but I have to reiterate: I didn’t expect to like this comic, much less love it. Please pick this up.
A Look Inside
