Witchblade #17 // Review
Anna is killing people. Lots of people. But she's only killing people who have killed people. And so maybe that makes her a hero. Maybe that makes her a greater villain. And maybe there's no justice. But that doesn't mean.Sara Pezzini it is going to be able to live with this situation. It's so naturally she's going to try to stop.Anna in Witchblade #17. Author Marguerite Bennett, artist Giuseppe Cafaro and colorist Arif Prianto continue a compelling reboot of the beloved indie comics hero as she encounters a darkness betond the darkness within and tries to come to terms with it. There are no easy answers.
Both have a hold of some kind of power. Both have power is at odds with itself. And they're at odds with each other. And so naturally, the showdown is going to happen in a church. Where else could it possibly happen? There is magical power beyond the physical world. And then there's the very physical reality of very human combustion. Fire alerts around the edges is the two of them have a rather serious conversation that happens to involve human life. Things could explode at any moment. Sara still feels like she can get through.Anma. And maybe she will be before it's too late.
Bennett’s script comes really close to covering ground that's been covered a million different times from a million different angles in every kind of superhero comic book imaginable. She is, however managing to bring it to the page in a way that feels fresh. It feels new. It feels interesting. The fact that she's able to do this a while also managing to be iconic, legendary and over the top is quite an accomplishment. It's very operatic. There's an overwhelming intensity about the story that is really appealing. And yet it draws on very personal emotional issues with the character question.
The visual reality of the story is given quite a explosive and godlike intensity. Cafaro frames the action with an eye towards the divine. It has a great deal of gravity about it as the drama sets itself into the page with incapable density.Cafaro frames the action with some incredibly intense tight close-ups that are offset by larger, establishing shots and architectural shots, which fuel suitably overwhelming. Prainto’s colors, grant the visuals of depth and warmth and combustion that flies the entire narrative package with crushing beauty.
There's kind of an exhaustion that sets in after the end of the issue. There's been so much that's been covered in such a ridiculously amplified way that one must imagine that things are going to settle down a little bit next issue.Sara needs some time to process what's happening. Otherwise it's just going to feel like there's way too much intensity on the page.Bennett he is going to need the modulate. She's going to need to be able to approach the serial with an eye towards some kind of sympathy for the woman who has been cursed with the title weapon.
