Advance Review: ‘The Seasons’ #6 Has Creative High Points
by Benjamin Hall
Summary
The Seasons’ sisters still face division among the four of them. Yet, Spring Seasons is still striving to unite them. Can she succeed at this task? For that matter can she escape the evil big top tent she is in?
Overall
9.1/10Writer Rick Remender does a great job with scripting a surreal installment of this series. There are also some great emotional beats. The dialogue feels natural enough despite needing to also fit the surreal narrative. If there is one debatable problem with the script it is that the villain spends more time talking at a character than anything else. While the only actual flaw is that certain readers just jumping in to the series at this point may find this issue confusing. Still, it is a solid enough issue that most readers should find some level of enjoyment from.
Artist Paul Azaceta does some fantastic work with the panel layouts. In particular the first page when Azaceta goes from a large focus to a smaller one in a ten panel grid is magnificent. While the combinations of surreal and realistic enhance the dream-like quality of this issue. Azaceta is definitely evoking both the whimsical and nightmare stylings of comic creator Winsor McCay’s Little Nemo in Slumberland (1905-1911). Despite evoking someone else’s work Azaceta clearly has his own style going on. Azaceta also is doing a great job suggesting movement is happening in this still medium. Finally character expressions standout even when details are minimal.
The main cover is by Azaceta and features a lot of detail. Although it will standout while on comic shop shelves it looks less like a cover and more like an original piece of art for a gallery.
Colorist Matheus Lopes is still providing an impressive selection of hues. Yet, this reviewer feels uncertain about whether some small areas of application are occurring properly.
Letterer Rus Wooton does another amazing job with this issue. In particular Wooton does this by matching the pacing of Azaceta’s art via the placement of the text, and placing the elements so that they enhance the overall characterization.
The variant cover is by artist Dani and colorist Chris Chuckry. Though it will definitely not standout as much as the main cover it is still a high quality piece with some attitude and atmosphere.
The Seasons #6 sees release from Image Comics and Giant Generator on July 23rd.
