Ei8ht #2

Chrononaut Joshua is stuck in the dimension known as the Meld, captured by a camp of rebels that oppose the maniacal Tyrant and his champion, the Spear. When Joshua remembers his mission, the past and the future collide to reveal the peril he must face.

Writers:

Rafael Albuquerque

Mike Johnson

Artist:

Rafael Albuquerque

Publisher:

Dark Horse

Issue 2 of this very visually striking comic takes it down a notch in terms of action, but its solid continuing storyline and intriguing central mystery is enough to make up for it.

Following on from last issue, Joshua starts to remember part of why (if not how) he ended up in The Meld, whilst the people he has ended up with decide what it is they are to do with the stranger who has appeared from nowhere. Meanwhile in a side story we have a professor travelling to a jungle to discover something, which naturally, goes horribly wrong.

The topsy turvy nature of the narrative and how some storylines seem to be happening in both the past and present at the same time certainly kept me guessing. The ways of presenting each time period, with different background colours that still work with the scenes they are a part of, is really well done, perhaps down to the Rafael Albuquerque being in charge of all the art duties as well as joint writer.

Being able to have such control means that it really feels like a well rounded project that has every single part working in synch. As mentioned before, it's more of an issue that feels like adding in plot  points to be picked up on later than anything conclusive, but the set-ups are great and the artwork is killing it for me on every panel. Somehow Albuquerque have made even something as mundane as a conversation between two characters on panel seem visually striking.

All in all, a steady continuation of last issue. Readers still interested in checking out the series should start from issue 1 and get this one at the same time before it all kicks off in the next few issues.

Cover image available from Dark Horse.

Ei8ht is available from Dark Horse

Geek-o-Rama received a copy of this book for the purpose of this review. All thoughts, comments and opinions are those of the individual reviewer.