Like, I-felt-like-I-was-reading- this-book-in-the-backseat- of-a-moving-car shaky.
The Savage Critic(s) | The Ghost of a Post: Jeff [Lester]'s Reviews of 11/29 Books.
GUY GARDNER COLLATERAL DAMAGE #1: ...seems to me Howard Chaykin is kinda trying, like late period Kirby, to create a standardized, simplified layout strong enough in its innate dynamism to allow the artist to skimp on detail and keep the pages coming quickly. Unfortunately, Chaykin has always downplayed the thinness of his line by the accumulation of detail and, without it, his work looks shaky. Like, mighty shaky. Like, I-felt-like-I-was-reading-this-book-in-the-backseat-of-a-moving-car shaky. Mix in a high price and a cavalier disregard for previous continuity (which, on the one hand, who cares, and, on the other, why not make this Gus Gooferson Collateral Damage then?) and you've got sub-Eh, as far as I'm concerned. Chaykin in his prime was a revelation and the man's got a right to make a living, but I can't endorse helping him pay the rent with this one.