Morning Glories #4

Written by Nick Spencer
Art by Joe Eisma

The last issue of Morning Glories provided a number of hints as to what this series is really about, but this month's issue plays things very close to the vest again, with lots of vague allusions to something by the staff at the Academy.

What really made this issue work was the focus on the students' personal interactions again.  Casey has a plan to try to rescue Jade from the Nurse's Office, but in involves gathering the rest of the 'glories' together.

Spencer lays out the way in which the kids join up, and then gives them a lot of time alone together in the basement, where they are able to talk as they make tear gas out of kitchen ingredients (including a large case of wine that doesn't seem to be necessary in a boarding school).  The four kids don't really get along or like each other, but they are trapped by their circumstances into having to get along, and perhaps build a level of understanding of one another.

My favourite part of the book would be when one of the kids waxes nostalgic about the Bloor Cinema, a Toronto cultural landmark that played an important role in my teen years as well.  The end of this comic was not unexpected, but it does make me very interested to see how events play out next month.