Raphael went missing. Leo turned to the dark side. Donatello had an out of body experience.
It’s about time that Michaelangelo became the focus. But focus could change him, and do we really want that? His empathy and thoughtfulness are extremely endearing and relatable traits that I don’t want him to lose.
I love Mikey as he is, but also want to him to get lots of pages over the next few months. To give him that exposure and not change him would be a waste on IDW’s part. I’m a fickle and conflicted fan.
Orange bandana wearing turtle thoughts aside, the art is a mixed bag for me. I’ve taken to checking out new artists work elsewhere before judging them, and Dialynas has done some good work. Here however his faces seem oddly inconsistent. There is a lot of talking this issue, and when you have faces changes between panels and the humans looking oddly young, it can be quite off-putting. I do like his mutants though. I guess I just miss Santolouco! I’m looking forward to the art settling down again soon.
For a series so consistently good it’s been hard the past few months. Post issue 50 and the massive changes it made there has had to be a lot of scene setting. I liked the previous issue but overall things are dragging, and to be honest I’m not looking forward to issues the same way I have been. As I said earlier, I’m chuffed to bits that Mikey is getting attention, but when characters are being really dumb and not seeing that Old Hob clearly has ulterior motives it rather undercuts things. There is some good humour, and the team dynamic of the Mutanimals is well written. These things just make the odd choice more obvious though.
I’ve got a lot of faith in the creative team of this comic, but lately the dialogue hasn’t been as strong and I’m not sure about the artist choices. A wobble after such a big story? I’m willing to give them the benefit of the doubt. I just need things to pick up.
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