Strange Adventures #11 - "Another job to do"

[laughing_tree]

Doc has that rare gift that Darwyn Cooke, Alex Toth and Alex Raymond had — that insane ability to draw comics the way people imagine comics to be, a sort of Platonic comic ideal. If you go up to any person on the street and have them close their eyes and think of what a comic looks like, they’re seeing Doc Shaner panels. Now when we contrast those to Mitch’s signature real-world grounding of comics, it creates a delightful tension that reflects the gnawing tension at the heart of the series. -- Tom King

Comments

[deh_tommy]

Is that me, or does Tom King write all his protagonists’ love interests the same way? They’re all dark-haired, snarky and mean, and the dudes are lucky she’s even gracing them with her presence because she’s the only thing that gives their lives meaning.

[silverhammerman]

I think you've pinpointed one of King's quirks. Twice is coincidence, but three stories with fairly similar love interests certainly seems like a pattern.

[akodo_rokku]

I do not understand the point of this story.

King's stuff is always varying levels of grim, but some of it makes sense. This does not.