Review of
Nick Calm, Agent of C.O.D.P.I.E.C.E., number
1
Four out of five stars
This is an
unusual comic, the background for the captions are black and white images right
out of mythology or artwork of the Christian religion. As I read it, my mind
wandered as I tried to remember if I had ever seen the images in religious
works. They look like they could have been plucked from medieval or Renaissance
works. For example, there is a bat-winged devil with horns and beard right out of the images of the Christian god.
Once a
background is established, it is used for several panels, with different
overlays to progress the story. To me, the artwork is far more interesting than
the story in textual form, which in many ways is non-sequential and a bit
nonsensical. Designed to be provocative, this comic is unusual, yet has a hint
of art history as a foundation.
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