East of West #2 Jonathan Hickman: writer
Nick Dragotta: artist
Solicitation and Review
Review
East of West is showing itself to be a rather complex story and world. The end of the first issue left me intrigued to see how things would pan out, and now this issue throws in a couple of great Grendel references that it will have my attention for the next few issues.
Notice the costumes of the people who swear in the new president. Take a look a the new president even. All are signs of Grendel and as such, I am taking them signs of the devil. All of which fits in nicely with the context of this story.
The only reason I would regret buying this book is because there is definitely more to it than the pages alone would allow. The story feels much bigger and more laid out than what you see on the page, and I am intrigued enough to want more. But it needs a tiny dash of clarity in there. Having a bigger picture story is fine and all, but if too much focus is spent on giving symbols and alluding to a bigger story without an actual story being out there then it negates itself to me.
This is a book I would almost bet would be better presented in trade form. It isn't a knock to the story telling itself, I just think that it needs more of story progression to it than what is allowed in a monthly format.
Grades
Words: 7/10
Pictures: 7/10
General Feeling After Reading: Still intrigued.
Buy Next Issue: We will see. It might be the decider issue for me that sways me to the trade or to single issues.
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