We’re Taking Everyone Down With Us #2 // Review
Five of The Seven are having a video conference to discuss the whole matter with The Vitruvian. It would appear as though he has finally been found. Given the fact that they all have the overall presence of super-villains, it’s safe to say having one of their own discovered is potentially dangerous. He’s not exactly on good terms with the rest of the group, but Lord Mortus makes that point that they cannot allow him to be captured. Meanwhile, The Vitruvian’s daughter is being rescued from certain doom by one of his androids. She’s reluctant to leave in We’re Taking Everyone Down With Us #2. Writer Matthew Rosenberg continues an interesting take on pulpy sci-fi adventure with artist Stefano Landini and colorist Jason Wordie.
Tha android is checking Annalise for any signs of injury. She’s fine, but she won’t be if they don’t get off of the island. The robot in question is talking to her like it’s her father, but that’s the least of her concerns as she is dead-set on finding him. The robot can help her out in that respect, but it’s going to mean lingering around some fairly serious danger that’s settling-in around the edges of everything on an island that seems to be falling apart as armed guards roam the place evidently looking for her father.
Rosenberg juggles a fascinating and colorful extended cast around the central concerns of Annalise and the android who speaks like her father. The mad scientist, super-villain milieu of the comic feels well-rendered once more in another fun excursion into a world that seems to be falling apart. Seen from the perspective of people who would typically be the villains, the world of mad science feels that much more interesting as it moves forward into increasing complexity. Rosenberg does a fairly brilliant job of delivering profoundly complex characters in a very short amount of time on the page. This is particularly impressive given the size of the ensemble that he’s working with.
The visual world of the series clearly feels like it’s all crumbling apart. The island home of The Vitruvian is clearly under siege and everything is falling apart. The intensity of the drama fills the page in clever ways. Landini gives Annalise a very sharp presence on the page that feels quite impressive throughout. Landini give her a genius on the page that never feels out of place for a little 12-year-old girl. She’s got incredible strength on the page.
Landini and Rosenberg maintain a very sharp presence for Annalise. She’s a perfectly rational 12-year-old girl who never acts or appears to be anything other than 12 years old. Her heroic energy clearly comes from the fact that she’s totally cool and doesn’t seem to be at all scared even though the whole world seems to be blowing-up around her. It’s a pretty remarkable sort of a situation throughout. She comes across with quite a lot of impact simply because she’s perfectly calm in the chaos.
