I love WE3. If anyone ever said that they didnt like this comic I would take it personally. In just three short issues it does so many things right and almost nothing wrong. The whole style of it is beautiful and is something that comic writers should aspire to achieve. I've rarely seen framing laid out so well and explain so much. The story is heartbreaking but still makes you feel good in the very end. It deals its complex subject matter in as little words as possible and still manages to drive it home. There are too many good parts to count but here are a few that really stuck with me:
1. The Cat aka 2
From an evolutionary standpoint cats are pretty much the perfect creature. With ridiculously amazing senses and physical ability they are perhaps the only animal that nature got right on the first try. Birds used to be dinosaurs, dogs used to be bears, man used to be apes, but cats have always been cats. Now to take an animal that is already damn near perfect and outfit it with a supersuit that would give iron man a run for
his money is perhaps the coolest thing i've ever heard. 2 is awesome because of what he can do to a helicopter pilots eyes from the trees hundreds of feet below. He also appears to be the smartest and most tactical out of the three.
2. Animal Behavior
People always wonder what animals are thinking, or what animals would say if they could talk. I think this is handled particularly well. The dog is a do-gooder always asking for his master for approval. The cat puts on the facade of an asshole but you can tell that she cares. The rabbit is always trying have sex with everything. Dead-On!
3. The Framing
I mentioned this before. In many instances death is portrayed in a single moment. This is not the case in WE3. Take for instance the scene where the three are terrorizing the small army sent to destroy them, when the dog aka 1 goes head to head with the humvee. Almost 30 frames are used to just detail the gruesome way in which he dispatches the passengers. The action probably lasted a second or so but we get to see pretty much everything that goes on in that instant from the terrified look in the drivers eyes to the broken glasses that got blasted out of the vehicle.
4. Explosive Poop
A rabbit with the ability to poop bombs?!? UH-OH!
Mike,
ReplyDeleteYour report on We3 was excellent.
Note that on the cover the TITLE is part of a "dog tag."
I appreciated your comments concerning the Cat (#2), the Dog (#1) and the Rabbit (#3)pointing out their personality traits.
Good point concerning "death is NOT portrayed in a single moment". Just reference the page umber where the 30 frames are used to convey a death sequence.
Cynthia