RETRO REVIEW: Winterworld: Better Angels, Colder Hearts
IDW Publishing; $29.99
The cold reality portrayed in Winter World may be brutal, but it sure is beautiful in the hands of artists Butch Guice, Tomas Giorello, Tommy Lee Edwards, and Esteve Polls (and colorist Diego Rodriguez).
For those who remember the original Chuck Dixon-Jorge Zaffino three-issue Winterworld miniseries from Eclipse, and for those who are arriving on the frozen tundra for the first time, the stories collected in this volume are highly accessible. The world, though different than the one we know, is easily understood, and the characters are appealing.
Regardless of experience with the property, it throws the reader straight into the dangerous and demanding environment of a world frozen over. Survival is the name of the game, and there are plenty of threats waiting to take down those who let their focus wander.
Chuck Dixon delivers yet again with the latest in a seemingly unending series of scripts that make the reader want to keep turning the page (You remember, the way comics are supposed to be?).
This edition collects the eight-issue 2014 series, including #0 (illustrated by Tommy Lee Edwards), #1-4 (Butch Guice), and #5-7 (Tomas Giorello), as well as 2015’s Winterworld: Frozen Fleet #1-3 (Esteve Polls).
Each of these artists brought something unique and excellent to the brutal environment the characters traverse, but I’ll always have a special place in my heart for Guice’s arc for its immediate ability to immerse me in that frigid world. That credit should extend to colorist Diego Rodriguez, who colored all of the issues in the collection except Edwards’ #0. He really infused a permeating cold feeling into the art, particularly Guice’s work.
– J.C. Vaughn
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RETRO REVIEW: Winterworld: Better Angels, Colder Hearts
IDW Publishing; $29.99
The cold reality portrayed in Winter World may be brutal, but it sure is beautiful in the hands of artists Butch Guice, Tomas Giorello, Tommy Lee Edwards, and Esteve Polls (and colorist Diego Rodriguez).
For those who remember the original Chuck Dixon-Jorge Zaffino three-issue Winterworld miniseries from Eclipse, and for those who are arriving on the frozen tundra for the first time, the stories collected in this volume are highly accessible. The world, though different than the one we know, is easily understood, and the characters are appealing.
Regardless of experience with the property, it throws the reader straight into the dangerous and demanding environment of a world frozen over. Survival is the name of the game, and there are plenty of threats waiting to take down those who let their focus wander.
Chuck Dixon delivers yet again with the latest in a seemingly unending series of scripts that make the reader want to keep turning the page (You remember, the way comics are supposed to be?).
This edition collects the eight-issue 2014 series, including #0 (illustrated by Tommy Lee Edwards), #1-4 (Butch Guice), and #5-7 (Tomas Giorello), as well as 2015’s Winterworld: Frozen Fleet #1-3 (Esteve Polls).
Each of these artists brought something unique and excellent to the brutal environment the characters traverse, but I’ll always have a special place in my heart for Guice’s arc for its immediate ability to immerse me in that frigid world. That credit should extend to colorist Diego Rodriguez, who colored all of the issues in the collection except Edwards’ #0. He really infused a permeating cold feeling into the art, particularly Guice’s work.
– J.C. Vaughn
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