Comics! The Quick & The Read: Rotworld Part 2

The Quick & The Read: Rotworld Part 2

Animal Man #14 

Writer: Jeff Lemire
Artist, Interiors & Cover: Steve Pugh
Penciller (pages 1, 2, 13-16): Timothy Green II
Inker (pages 1, 2, 13-16): Joseph Silver

What I Liked
Writing about these two issues since they are covering the same "world."

We get to see more about what happened to the previous heroes, but wasn't that just the same thing as before? Aw well, still entertaining.

And kudos to dividing up the art in the correct fashion. Showcasing two different worlds and using two different artists for each one makes sense and is the proper way on how to do a fill in artist spot.

What I Didn't Like
Seriously, still feel like we are spinning our wheels here with this story. If this is supposed to be over in four parts, then we need to get to the halfway point and it still feels like this story is starting. And introducing Grodd into the story at this point? It better be because he is turning into an ally, otherwise it is just filling up space.

Grades
Words: 7/10
Pictures: 8/10
Buy Next Issue: I guess. And that isn't how I should be reacting to this book at this point.

Swamp Thing #14


Writer: Scott Snyder
Artist: Yanick Paquette

What I Liked
I seriously feel like I can hold these two books up to one another as the stories and everything are still pretty much the same. That is a kinda cool feeling and nice way of showing how much all the collaborators are working on the books and overall story.

The art, even though it was done by one person, still had the feel of a different style when the stories to the past were featured. That is a nice attention to detail that I love to see happen.

What I Didn't Like
Again, I just felt like we are spinning the wheels here. The one difference is that this book featured a character that is making an appearance in the "past" setting of the other book. So it really connects the two, but then makes me scratch my head still at Grodd coming into the story in Animal Man.

Grades
Words: 7/10
Pictures: 8/10
Buy Next Issue: I guess. And that isn't how I should be reacting to this book at this point.