by Tylinos » Tue Oct 13, 2015 4:22 pm
The main story was...okay, I guess? There was some nice characterization, but I had some annoying issues with it.
First off, I've got a bit of a bone to pick with the flashback. It's a bit...disjointed, mainly in the middle. It's jumping between two scenes from panel to panel in a really awkward way. I get it, sure. The half with Sally and Lupe are basically extra boxes on top of the main action with Sonic and Eggman, but the layout just ends up feeling muddled around. It also didn't help that E-118 has a really similar design to the mech Eggman was using in the flashback, so it took me a moment to realize the Sonic part was still in the past with the Sally and Lupe panels.
Also, it's a really weird coincidence that the prison egg with the missing Chaos Emerald, which could have crashed anywhere in the world, just happened to crash right near Lupe's place, and then only got found by Chip wandering around. It was just too lucky.
The art was also... I don't know, really. It's certainly not bad, but something about it felt really off to me. The only thing I can really put a finger on was that some of the facial expressions were kind of weird.
The second story was fine, but I was bugged by that alarm gate. The coloring made it look like it was active the whole time, and with Sally and Bunnie's reactions going through it, I was really confused for a bit as to what the heck even happened there.
Nice to see the editorial back. Not really sure it needed a whole page, though.