CHAPTER 5: DADDY’S GIRL Writer: John Lees Artists: Jonathan Rector & Will Robson Colorist: Mike Gagnon Letterer: Kel Nuttall Editor: Steven Forbes As we embark on Chapter 5, and enter into what would likely be considered the third act […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
And here we go, the penultimate chapter of THE STANDARD! It’s fascinating to look at how Jonathan Rector’s art style evolved over the course of the series. If you were to look at this page, and set it aside one […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Remember this guy? That’s right, it’s the Destructo-Bot from way back in the first flashback in Chapter 1! I remember getting a real nostalgia blast when I saw this. For you guys, it’s maybe only been a few months, but […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
And now we get back to the follow-up of last chapter’s cliffhanger. Poor Gilbert is getting his ass handed to him! Jon really does have a talent for depicting a brutal beatdown, and I gave him a pretty densely-packed page […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Oh no! We see here that The Standard managed to mount a comeback against The Dawn, only for his momentum to be halted by some kind of medical complication. What’s wrong with The Standard? This opens up a new threat […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Now, The Standard has been decisively defeated by The Dawn. We’ve seen indicators that, emotionally, The Standard may no longer be able to cut it in the modern world. But this is our first clear suggestion that, physically, he may […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Jon did a cracking job on this page. I just love the dynamic panel layout, it creates a sense of hurtling downwards. The little movie billboard saying “The Long Way Down” is also a nice touch, and totally Jon’s idea.
Here we see the young punks who Gilbert humiliated back in Chapter 4 make a comeback, similarly ill-fated as their last attempt to inflict violence on The Standard. Can we guess who’ll be returning on tomorrow’s page? Fun fact about […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It’s the triumphant return of THE SKUNK! I absolutely adore that top panel as drawn by Jon Rector and colored by Mike Gagnon, with Kel Nuttall’s dynamic lettering the final dramatic flourish: The Skunk’s returned heralded by cascades of vomit. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is perhaps the flashback where the Silver Age narration feels the most out of place, given that here we have a flashback without any real old comic book pastiche flourishes. Here, we once again return to Zena Zarthos’ backstory, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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