CABLE #1
Written by Duane Swierczynski
Art by Ariel Olivetti
I thought JMS's name was hard on the ol'spelling skills, but Mr Swierczynski manages to out do him here. He doesn't even have the decency to have a middle name so we can give him a neat little acronym.
All joking aside about the name and my lack of spelling skills, this was not a book I enjoyed. First and most obvious thing is the art. I can't stand this style. The 'copy and paste' realistic photo backgrounds, the insanely disproportioned bodies with arms bigger than legs or torsos and the insanely stiff look to everyone just grinds on me every panel. The baby is about the size of Cable's palm, making her a candidate for the incubator or other life support for underdeveloped new borns. Every single 'action' scene looks like everyone was pasted there and if they moved they'd fall over. To say the least, I'm a bit biased against the book based on the art alone.
Next up is the story or lack thereof. Cable walks into random city. Thugs attack him. He kills one, who is a couple stories up in a building, with a shotgun and manages to take them all down with only a small flesh wound on himself. I did like the need to change the diaper for the baby afterwards and Cable's aversion to it compared to the fight just before.
After the fight, Cable goes to find milk for the baby. There, Bishop, with new cybernetic arm, is having coffee waiting for them to walk in and shoots Cable on sight, giving us an obvious cliffhanger cop out that will be meaningless next issue. Yes, this is all that happened this issue. Thugs, baby poop, Bishop shoots Cable.
I might, and I stress the might, pick #2 up next month if it happens to fall on a dead week with few books coming out and only to see if they explain why the hell Bishop is such an asshole these days and how he survived Messiah Complex. It's extremely unlikely I'll be picking up this book after this first issue and I wouldn't recommend it to anyone but the most diehard Cable fan.
Verdict - Avoid It
Written by Duane Swierczynski
Art by Ariel Olivetti
I thought JMS's name was hard on the ol'spelling skills, but Mr Swierczynski manages to out do him here. He doesn't even have the decency to have a middle name so we can give him a neat little acronym.
All joking aside about the name and my lack of spelling skills, this was not a book I enjoyed. First and most obvious thing is the art. I can't stand this style. The 'copy and paste' realistic photo backgrounds, the insanely disproportioned bodies with arms bigger than legs or torsos and the insanely stiff look to everyone just grinds on me every panel. The baby is about the size of Cable's palm, making her a candidate for the incubator or other life support for underdeveloped new borns. Every single 'action' scene looks like everyone was pasted there and if they moved they'd fall over. To say the least, I'm a bit biased against the book based on the art alone.
Next up is the story or lack thereof. Cable walks into random city. Thugs attack him. He kills one, who is a couple stories up in a building, with a shotgun and manages to take them all down with only a small flesh wound on himself. I did like the need to change the diaper for the baby afterwards and Cable's aversion to it compared to the fight just before.
After the fight, Cable goes to find milk for the baby. There, Bishop, with new cybernetic arm, is having coffee waiting for them to walk in and shoots Cable on sight, giving us an obvious cliffhanger cop out that will be meaningless next issue. Yes, this is all that happened this issue. Thugs, baby poop, Bishop shoots Cable.
I might, and I stress the might, pick #2 up next month if it happens to fall on a dead week with few books coming out and only to see if they explain why the hell Bishop is such an asshole these days and how he survived Messiah Complex. It's extremely unlikely I'll be picking up this book after this first issue and I wouldn't recommend it to anyone but the most diehard Cable fan.
Verdict - Avoid It
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