THE
COMPLETE JON SABLE, FREELANCE VOL.
7 (IDW, 2007;
Softcover)
Collects
Jon Sable, Freelance #34-39
(cover dates March- August, 1986)
Writer
and Artist: Mike Grell
Mike
Grell's writing gets better and goes deeper while his artwork gets
sloppy and scratchy. Can this be the same person who, only a decade
before, had shown the world some serious art in Warlord? How
does an artist become so lazy? Is it self satisfaction that leads to
it? Apathy? Experimentation?
Grell
explored lots of dialogue and narrative free work here, with pages
and pages of pictures. Some of it works for the story, some of it
seems like padding. Innovative for it's time, it is now a common
practice in comic books that I have grown to loathe.
Sable
accidentally stumbles upon an Aryan Nation camp where they are
kidnapping and impregnating white women in their attempt to “purify”
the race. Next we see Sable hired to go on an expedition to Africa to
retrieve a treasure of legend. Sable finally finds out who the killer
of his family is. While this is not the end of the series it would
have made a fine ending. I know that this is where I am getting off
of this ride. The loose artwork was a real turn off.
Junk
Food For Thought rating: 3.75 out of 5.
The
OCD zone
Linework
and Color restoration: The linework comes from the original
film, while the recoloring is the worst that I have ever seen. I read
the first six volumes in this line in the two Omnibus trades, which
are smaller than a standard trade paperback. The smaller size greatly
benefited the inferior techniques used to recolor this. Gradient
shades, lazy airbrushing, sloppy coloring which seeps over the edge
of the word balloons...it's all here!
Paper
stock: Thick glossy coated stock.
Binding:
Perfect bound trade paperback.
Cardstock
cover notes:
Embossed logos with spot varnish with the rest of the cover having a
matte finish.
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