Written by Warren Ellis and Mike WolferArt by Gianluca Pagliarani
Ellis and Wolfer are using this Wolfskin series to really explore the myths and religious beliefs of their Barbarian character's world. This issue starts with the various characters pictured on the cover talking about the end of the world stories of their own cultures, and of some others. Most of this stuff is based on established legends in our world, although the writers have put their own little spin on things.
The rest of the issue is taken up with the journey to one of the character's homelands, which is being threatened by some form of black beast. Along the journey, we see that the Wolfskin has a deeper aversion for machines or technology than we had thought.
It's an interesting comic, so far almost completely lacking the brutality of the other Wolfskin outings, which I find kind of interesting. It's a little like Wolfer and Ellis decided that, if they were going to tell any more stories with this character, they would need to add some depth to the proceedings.
This is not the best of the Ellis Avatar series, but it's definitely decent.
No comments:
Post a Comment