Low #6
LOW #6
Writer: Rick Remender
Artist: Greg Tocchini
Publisher: Image Comics
Release Date: February 25, 2015
Cover Price: $3.50
Remender and Tocchini deliver a shockingly good issue of Low that will make you both hopeful and fearful for where Stel’s journey is about to take her.
It’s hard to write about the storytelling in this issue without spoiling a lot of things but I will say that I think Marik, Tajo and Stel are wonderfully complex characters that are realistically driven by their singular minds much like any person is and their wins and defeats feel especially real because of that.
Their quest is one that is totally different from anything a reader will ever likely encounter in his or her life but still, it seems so genuine. Marik proclaims, defiantly, that the sun expands, the oceans grow toxic and still people hide in their glass domes waiting for death and for a brief moment you have to appreciate how truly unique and complex this world is that these creators have built, so different from our own. Then, something happens, something stomach churningly powerful if you’re at all invested in this story and, you forget all about that fantastical world in the best ways, you break through the glass domes these people live in and feel for them again and again.
It’s powerful, mesmerizing stuff.
Tocchini’s art perfectly mirrors the complex dynamics and storytelling elements of this world, too. The pages are assembled in a collage of sorts, like Polaroids of pain and championship laid on top of each other, different elements creating one complex and emotionally ripe image, united by their color palettes and by Tocchini’s masterful hand. The world these two have created is like Blade Runner drenched in blood…underwater and I love every little ounce of it.
This single issue is strong enough to stand on its own, it could be the first issue of Low honestly, but it isn’t and that’s saying something. The emotional buildup and payoff that these creators have established is simply impressive and they show no signs of stopping now.
Writer: Rick Remender
Artist: Greg Tocchini
Publisher: Image Comics
Release Date: February 25, 2015
Cover Price: $3.50
Remender and Tocchini deliver a shockingly good issue of Low that will make you both hopeful and fearful for where Stel’s journey is about to take her.
It’s hard to write about the storytelling in this issue without spoiling a lot of things but I will say that I think Marik, Tajo and Stel are wonderfully complex characters that are realistically driven by their singular minds much like any person is and their wins and defeats feel especially real because of that.
Their quest is one that is totally different from anything a reader will ever likely encounter in his or her life but still, it seems so genuine. Marik proclaims, defiantly, that the sun expands, the oceans grow toxic and still people hide in their glass domes waiting for death and for a brief moment you have to appreciate how truly unique and complex this world is that these creators have built, so different from our own. Then, something happens, something stomach churningly powerful if you’re at all invested in this story and, you forget all about that fantastical world in the best ways, you break through the glass domes these people live in and feel for them again and again.
It’s powerful, mesmerizing stuff.
Tocchini’s art perfectly mirrors the complex dynamics and storytelling elements of this world, too. The pages are assembled in a collage of sorts, like Polaroids of pain and championship laid on top of each other, different elements creating one complex and emotionally ripe image, united by their color palettes and by Tocchini’s masterful hand. The world these two have created is like Blade Runner drenched in blood…underwater and I love every little ounce of it.
This single issue is strong enough to stand on its own, it could be the first issue of Low honestly, but it isn’t and that’s saying something. The emotional buildup and payoff that these creators have established is simply impressive and they show no signs of stopping now.
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