Debris #2
By: Kurtis J.
Wiebe and Riley Rossmo
In the first issue of Debris,
Kurtis and Riley quite effectively introduced Maya as a gorgeous redhead with
unparalleled combat skills among her post-apocalyptic village. And following
the death of her mentor and the encroachment of giant man-hunting machines, she
left the relative safety of her village in search of Athabasca, the legend of a
place that can help them with their dwindling resources and decaying machines.
The wastelands beyond her
village's walls are lousy with giant mechanical monsters, but that's not much
of a problem for Maya, as evidenced by the way she puts a stomping on what
looked like a cross between the Tinman and a werewolf in the issue #2's opening
pages.
When a sandstorm forces
her to seek shelter in a ghost town, she discovers she's not alone out there in
the desert. Kessel, an ex-pat from her home, has been holed-up alone for years,
but the rumors Maya has been told about his departure turn out to be lies and
she's left to wonder why. But there's not a lot of time to think about that,
because she has to traverse some treacherous landscape if she has any hope of
finding Athabasca. And that's not going to be easy with a marauding band of
those wolf-like machines tailing her--and something else.
Again, the artwork is
remarkably stunning for such a barren setting. Everything on the page just kind
of pops and there's a kinetic feel to all of the action scenes, which is
bolstered by incredible monster designs and Maya's all-round badassery.
If I'm going to take
exception to anything, it's the unspoken little details left hanging from the
first issue. At the end of the #1, Maya saw what looked like the ghost of a
machine rising into the sky after it was destroyed. There is no mention of that
or anything like it in this second issue. Also, Maya was knicked by one of the
machines in the previous issue, and one of the shards left on the ground
burrowed into the sand of its own volition. What the heck was going on there?
Well, this second issue gave no explanation on that either.
Now at the midway point in
this series, I really have to wonder just where everything is headed and what
questions are going to be answered. Well, I have the third issue on my
to-be-read pile, so I guess I'm going to find out.
3 and 1/5 out of 5 Sheep
Guest Reviewer: Gef Fox
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