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COMIC REVIEW - Star Wars: Agent of the Empire #002
If Revenge of the Dinosaurs had finished half way through the story it would have made me want to read the next publication. This break makes the reader feel that we are moving on to a new story. When we realise that we are getting part two, although you are happy you are also slightly disappointed that something new and interesting has not appeared, making this break feel somewhat pointless. A better structure would have been to have one of these breaks at the beginning of the story and another at the end (where the second one is). Bad Times Ahead by Michael Gosden and David White continues to show that structure can be flirted with. The opening page is cleverly shown as a document in a file. Even more intriguing are little touches by the creative team such as the fact that the name of the story is on the sides of the other documents in the file. The story like its predecessor breaks down well and keeps the momentum going. Suburban Dreamer by Tim Bird has a flavour of Kieron Gillen’s Phonogram. The writer/ artist uses a clever technique to show time and place changing. In the middle panel on the page we see a girl in one place. In the bottom panel on the page we see her legs (attached to herself in middle panel) in a different place. This is very effective, dragging the reader along for the journey. Writer/artist Ricky Miller works on multiple stories in this collection and should be credited
Writers: Michael Gosden, David White and Ricky Miller Artists: Ricky Miller, Steven Horry and Tim Bird Cover: Rebecca Strickson Publisher: Avery Hill
The Blurb:
Reads, from Avery Hill Publishing, is a collection of work by some of the UK’s best new comics creators. 48 pages of sequential joy from Tim Bird, Michael Gosden, Steve Horry, Ricky Miller and David White, with a wrap around cover by Rebecca Strickson
The cover,