I only started getting the Jupiter Legacy comics for the Frank Quitely artwork, so I really wasn't sure if I'd bother with the new series, where the artist is relegated to covers. But I'm glad I did, because holy fucking shitballs, Tommy Lee Edwards' art is so goddamn beautiful.
Edwards has always been an absolute rock-solid artist, with his heavy line complementing some subtly kinetic action, but his work in the final part of Mark Millar's super-generational saga is just outstanding - powerful and direct and fluorescent. There are quietly breath-taking landscapes and exploding entrails, and moments of quiet humanity amongst the carnage. No superhero comic on the stands right now looks as good as this.
I don't give a damn about the story, although it seems to be getting into some pleasently mean super-nonsense. All these super-assholes can tear each other apart in strenuously despicable ways, and I'll eat it up, because they way it's being laid out on the page is a total joy.
I haven't seen a single minute of the TV show, because where's the fucking art in that?
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