Pretty Deadly, Vol. 1: The Shrike

Stunning visuals. This is my first venture into comics and it might not have been the safest choice (given that this series "breaks" several comic book "rules"), I still enjoyed it nonetheless.

I dig all of the color use throughout the novel, especially the warm tones and colors contrasting with the cool tones and colors. It gives the story a sense of depth and a factor if coolness that regular surface-level writing just doesn't achieve.

With Pretty Deadly, the devil is also in the details. Many small details hidden within the intricate art tell their own stories in any given panel. One case in which this happens is when heavy rainfall is coming down on Sissy and Fox while Fox retells his story of sparing Sissy after her birth at the fetid river. As Sissy draws the details of the story onto a banner with a paper brush, the falling rain washes away some of the ink and color, which is reflected in the panel the reader sees. Such cool details like these allow the story and environment to become alive and help immerse the reader that much more.