Silk #2 // Review
Cindy Moon is trying to pick up a hobby and have a social life. She’s also got a job as a journalist AND volunteer work swinging around fighting crime under a mask. So the ancient Korean witch who has come back from the dead is kind of catching her at a bad time in Silk #2. Writer Emily Kim continues a well-balanced wall-crawling, web-slinging run with artist Takeshi Miyazawa. A simple trip to a concert gets weird, forcing Cindy to ditch her date for the mask in a satisfying swing from cover to cover.
Cindy’s busy. She’s late for pottery class. And she’s not exactly doing a good job. She’s got him out on her mind. A lot to deal with. People keep showing up much older than they should. Maybe it’s a disease. Maybe it’s not. It might have something to do with magic. It might have something to do with an ancient Korean entity that is throwing around powerful magic. She still has to find time for herself, though. There’s that guy in the computer lab. She’s been invited to a concert, and she’s going to take him. Of course, when her friend on stage is attacked, she’s going to have to spring into action.
Emily Kim juggles everything with finesse. Cindy Moon is given an opportunity to show just about every side, from professional to personal to romantic and more. She is at her best as an action hero dispatching villains on stage at a rock concert. It could’ve been a very cheesy scene, but Kim keeps everything grounded. The action remains compelling, drawing danger ever closer to Cindy with style and subtlety. The plot approaches its midway point in a sharply-defined issue that manages a clean balance between every aspect of Cindy’s life.
Miyazawa finds distinct Fingerprints of style in and within the story. The office in pottery classes and rock concerts all have Some basic iconic imagery that could be drawn on for a rather generic look. Miyazawa allows every location to have its own voice. The action and drama hit the page as compelling as ever under Miyazawa’s pen. Cindy shows in a range of subtle emotions and motions that provide the reader with a striking picture of who she is as a person at this particular point in her life. The script allows for a wide range of different aspects to her life for Miyazawa to capture, and he does so with a beautiful range of articulation.
For all the complexity that is given to the hero, the villain doesn’t necessarily seem all that interesting just yet. She hasn’t been given much of a chance to spend much time on the page. If there is a consistent fine these first two issues, it’s the fact that the menace behind the villain doesn’t seem quite as strong as it could. The reader is given a very intimate understanding of Cindy moon. The villain remains a distant mystery. There isn’t much for Cindy to be heroic against.
