He gets left out of all the big decisions even though he's told everything going on is his fault.
I liked Sherwood, he's a sympathetic protagonist, a fuckup, a regular kid that makes mistakes. Is Sherwood actually living through this bizarre science fiction/fantasy world, is it in his head, is it some combination of the above? It's never really made clear, it lets the reader decide. I know that might sound like a criticism but it's not, it has a very free, unrestricted style to it, that really suits the story.Īnd the story is interesting. I liked Sherwood, he's a sympathetic protagonist, a fuckup, a regular ki I liked the artwork in this, it reminds me of children's book illustrations. I know that might sound like a criticism but it's not, it has a very free, unrestricted style to it, that really suits the story. I liked the artwork in this, it reminds me of children's book illustrations. "Learn to accept what is." As with Blackbird, this book is basically an opportunity to draw cool stuff, it's interesting to look at, as with all of his great art, and I think a lot of folks will just like going along for the ride.more I think this one is basically about being a teenager, like an analogy for all of the confusing emotions. I might be tempted to say this is BOY-fantasy, but that would be essentializing gender, wouldn't it?! And Dalrymple was born in Hollywood, where much of Blackbird takes place, weird coincidence. But Bartels draws pretty girls and cute boys, and Farel Dalrymple draws messy and wild and very well, but with no reflective swirling lovely space. He is trying to find his brother/home (as Nina is trying to find her sister!!) and encounters every imaginable creature along the way. Sherwood Breadcoat lives someplace lightyears from Earth (see title for name of it!). Prixima Centari has even less story, maybe, than Blackbird, and it's not really set in a real world that happens to have magic in it like Blackbird is in LA. This story gives the artist, Jen Bartel, a chance to go crazy with the mythical beasts. Very girl-centric, and you might be tempted to say this is in part about "how girls are" (not me! everyone is different! Teenagers are all different! I'm different!). This story gives the artist, Jen Bartel The last comics volume I just read (you have to imagine here my stack of 20 books, never less than that and often up to 50 at any give time) just happened to be about magic, from a girl's perspective, Blackbird, with Nina emotional and angry and all teenage about everything, quite unlikeable. The last comics volume I just read (you have to imagine here my stack of 20 books, never less than that and often up to 50 at any give time) just happened to be about magic, from a girl's perspective, Blackbird, with Nina emotional and angry and all teenage about everything, quite unlikeable.