Lite Bites Review: SHADES, p 5/7

Genejoke on Feb. 13, 2012

El Cid sez: Cheesiest superhero battle ever? Meh, I've seen worse!

If I had to pick one thing that bothered me about SHADES, it was that the meat of the plot wasn't all that ambitious, and not nearly as cerebral as I'd expected. That said, it is well written and perfectly paced, and the plot seems to be mostly a backdrop for the more rewarding elements, so in that sense it might have detracted if the plot were too complex.

Reviewer Quotes:

The art in this comic is great. There may have been two artists, but if I hadn't been informed I might not have noticed. They're both great at capturing this world, and their styles so close to each other that the transition halfway through worked very well.

Two artists, both were clearly well set in their styles before starting on the comic. Both are very good and while it isn't all that flashy it is always solid and never fails to get everything intended across. They bring the visual grittiness to the comic excellently, I could imagine either drawing comics like hellblazer quite easily.

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SHADES by DAJB.
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jerrie at 10:57PM, Feb. 13, 2012

Jamie59 at 8:46PM, Feb. 13, 2012

shastab24 at 2:40PM, Feb. 13, 2012

The talking during fighting is very much like the Silver Age--Stan Lee would give Spider-Man an entire paragraph's worth of text while he was in the middle of a leap. According to TV Tropes, Talking is a Free Action, so they could recite War and Peace in the midst of a small hop, if it could all fit on the panel.

El Cid at 9:13AM, Feb. 13, 2012

Shades is definitely worth a look! I was a bit worried about doing the review as a fight sequence, because the action might take away from the focus of the thing, which is DAJB's outstanding comic. But overall I think it works, because it makes the review more exciting to read than if they were just sitting around talking.

Banes at 7:34AM, Feb. 13, 2012

Yeah, Shades sounds worth a look! And the battle ain't so bad...that bottom panel's pretty great!

El Cid at 5:34AM, Feb. 13, 2012

I think they're talking in "bullet time." It's like The Matrix!

Froggtreecomics at 4:36AM, Feb. 13, 2012

bravo1102 at 4:17AM, Feb. 13, 2012

Amazing how Angie can speak at such length and so intelligently while performing such a manuever.

plymayer at 1:31AM, Feb. 13, 2012

Sounds kind of interesting. Might have to give Shades a look. Didn't realize Angie could move like that. Guess I should have known though.

DAJB at 12:47AM, Feb. 13, 2012

Speaking of the artists, the artwork on these last couple of extracts is by Harsho Mohan Chattoraj. And, damn, but those girls make Boo look over-dressed!

Lopriest at 12:25AM, Feb. 13, 2012

Lite Bites Review: SHADES, p 5/7

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