Friday Freakangels Fun

Freakangels on full alert; well, most of them. I like that the gang are still maintaining their idiosyncratic paths in spite of the current threat to Whitechapel. Here we see the community working together; we see what the whole Freakangels set up is all about — or rather we are starting to see it. First [...]

comicsphere: freakangels friday

When the true crescendo comes in this first arc it is going to be interesting to see how the characters bring what we have seen of each of their personalities to bear on the situation. We saw how handy Jack was with a knife last week, we saw Sirkka and KK purge Alice, we saw [...]

Full On Freakangels Friday

So, we have seen the freakangels policing each other and now we get to see one go into action against someone who has attacked him. Duffield once again displays a real ability for capturing the kineticism of violence and not a single image strikes you as gratuitous — it is all lean, to the point, [...]

comicsphere: freakangels friday fun

In one place someone settles in and in another place someone is unsettled. Sometimes it is hard to remember that each episode is only six pages long. To do what he does with those six pages every week shows just how on game Ellis; shows how on game Duffield is as well. At his recent [...]

Comicsphere: Doktor Sleepless by Warren Ellis

I have been reading and re-reading this series, checking out the wiki, the talk threads to see whether or not this idea that keeps striking me has turned up anywhere and it hasn’t. Why hasn’t it occured to someone else? Perhaps I missed it or perhaps the idea is totally offbase.
I think Doktor Sleepless might [...]

Comicsphere: Friday For Freakangels

Today the main thing I think I noticed aside from the main thrust of the story was that the sky had darkened. Today was packed full of siblings acting like siblings — freakangels fighting in the way fox cubs fight.
When KK is present the action ramps up, Connor is a calming influence, Alice makes things [...]

Comicsphere: Freakangels For Friday

It’s strange the last two weeks have seemed somewhat more leisurely in their pacing though just as much is revealed. We learn something of how being a Freakangel plays out through someone’s ethnicity — it was hinted at before in Caz’s features but is explained this week. Alice is both a catalyst and the reader’s [...]

Comicsphere: The Exterminators by Simon Oliver & Tony Moore

I came to this really late and I hear that it has been cancelled, which is a real shame. It was a really fun book and the art and the storytelling meshed really well. Like most of the best stories this was a really character driven piece and reminded me of some of the best [...]

Comicsphere: Freakangels On A Friday

Every single character gets the chance shine here. This week we learn that there is more to Sirkka than was first shown us — that she is not just some shallow hedonist lazing around and thinking of pleasure all day. We see more of the idea that being a Freakangel is a responsibility and requires [...]

Comicsphere: Freakangels Friday

A fairly quiet episode this week. It didn’t feel gentle in the way that Arkady’s episodes did though. Whenever Alice is being moved around, moved into place, given how she was introduced, it makes you a bit nervous. Connor seems way too trusting. But then there is the sense that he is withholding information about [...]