The Secret Service #1

[superboyprime]

Comments

[skjam]

I like that the kidnappers look shocked or unhappy in that first scene, rather than gleeful or jeering.

[kksimone]

"Don't laugh. I know it's funny..." kind of ruined the business with the parachute. I don't know if something like that would work in comics, especially after we get a close up of the impact, but saying it's funny made me immediately think, "Not really..."

[eaglet_auditore]

Yeah. Read the ''Don't laugh'' before seeing the parachute open, so my only response was: ''way to ruin the ''funny'' before it actually gets ''funny''.''

Kind of like a ''You see this? IT IS FUNNY LIKE SLAPSTICK BUT IT'S NOT SO DON'T LAUGH.'' Uh, k?

Would've found it uncomfortably funny if he would've stayed silent, or perhaps muttered a small ''...boss' gonna be mad''.

[skjam]

I suspect a miscommunication between writer and artist.

[icon_uk]

Which makes the "Don't laugh" comment a little odd, since none of them even look like they want to.

[eaglet_auditore]

At first glance I thought they were mourning a comrade. ...Wait, aren't they? I'm confused. Being chased down a cliff by your own friends armed with guns while on snowmobiles is a common winter sport, isn't it? At least here in Canada we have polar bears ready to catch us in case the 'chutes don't open in time.

[shadur]

Given that this is Millar we're talking about, that's like taking pride in the fact that a puppy /didn't/ go doodoo on the carpet for a change...

[skjam]

Exactly. Given the writer, it was a pleasant surprise.

[mastermahan]

Yeah, those pages succeeded my (very) low expectations. There's still plenty of time for the main character to attack a bunch of ethnic stereotypes, though.