Portrait of a summer thief*
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scans_dailySince this week was a light one for comics, (Only Uncanny X-Men and Supergirl), I read Who is Jake Ellis?. I'd heard lots of good things about it, and after raving about it, iFanboy made it their Book of the Month for December 2011.
It is an honour well deserved. Art is by Tonci Zonjic, who has come on leaps and bounds since his pretty good work on Marvel Divas. The use of colour in this book is amazing, with lots of bold sections of primary colours against an otherwise grey palette.
The story is by Nate Edmondson, whose book The Activity has begun recently at Image. I'll probably have a look at issue #1 over the weekend.
As for Who is Jake Ellis itself, it's a five part mini series, about a former CIA analyst (Jon Moore) on the run from Americans and other groups, hiding out in Europe and doing criminal work.
This is Jon Moore. He's a man of action
Now, that scene didn't make total sense; Jon's answers don't match up with the other man's questions. And why is he giving commentary about "I'm moving quickly!" in the middle of his getaway?
Let's have another look at it.
That is Jake Ellis. Jake Ellis lives in Jon's head.
Jake Ellis tells Jon what to do.
The book is a dynamic, exciting one. It's not a tough read, or a lengthy one, but it is really well designed and a "visual treat", to use a dreadful reviewers' phrase
The sequence above is especially good as I just love seeing scenes retold in exactly the same way, but with a significant detail added, or a change in perspective that alters the whole thing.
You know what it's just made me think of? I need to watch that again.
But Who is Jake Ellis?
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It is an honour well deserved. Art is by Tonci Zonjic, who has come on leaps and bounds since his pretty good work on Marvel Divas. The use of colour in this book is amazing, with lots of bold sections of primary colours against an otherwise grey palette.
The story is by Nate Edmondson, whose book The Activity has begun recently at Image. I'll probably have a look at issue #1 over the weekend.
As for Who is Jake Ellis itself, it's a five part mini series, about a former CIA analyst (Jon Moore) on the run from Americans and other groups, hiding out in Europe and doing criminal work.
This is Jon Moore. He's a man of action
Now, that scene didn't make total sense; Jon's answers don't match up with the other man's questions. And why is he giving commentary about "I'm moving quickly!" in the middle of his getaway?
Let's have another look at it.
That is Jake Ellis. Jake Ellis lives in Jon's head.
Jake Ellis tells Jon what to do.
The book is a dynamic, exciting one. It's not a tough read, or a lengthy one, but it is really well designed and a "visual treat", to use a dreadful reviewers' phrase
The sequence above is especially good as I just love seeing scenes retold in exactly the same way, but with a significant detail added, or a change in perspective that alters the whole thing.
You know what it's just made me think of? I need to watch that again.
But Who is Jake Ellis?
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Date: 2012-01-21 12:12 am (UTC)Jake Ellis tells Jon what to do
So it's a cross between Batman Beyond and Spyboy?
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Date: 2012-01-21 12:21 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-01-21 12:46 am (UTC)In Batman Beyond, Terry got instructions from Bruce who was back in the cave,
On Peter David's Spyboy, a kid discovers that he has been trained/programmed from birth with a secondary personality. Whilst Alex he is a normal kid, his other self (known as Spyboy) is a highly trained agent for a covert ops organisation. Though Spyboy can be triggered by a sequence of light flashe,s Alex and Spyboy don't communicate but when Alex is in charge we often see Spyboy's phantom awareness offering sarcastic commentary about how much better things would be if he were in charge.
Perhaps the Captain Mar-Vell/Rick Jones fusion would be a better example.