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The repeated use of the family portrait links back to the cover imagery, but it also quietly establishes a back story – there are five family members here, but only four at the table.
And while we’re in over-reach territory: there is really a lot of orb imagery in this issue. I can't be sure this is intentional, but it feels like a primer, given the way the plot hinges on orb-shaped objects.
This isn't the only smart way that narrative captions are used in the issue. Hum being assaulted by a single word, an unavoidable intrusive thought, is painfully relatable.
The first part of the third (and, I believe, final) arc, this issue visits a lot of the same places as #1 – the itchy dragon corpse, Murkrone's caravan. Which proves vital, because we need to remember details of that story for this one's big reveal.
Day 4 of the 10 Day Comic Book Challenge. 10 comic books that had an impact on me, no explanation.
It’s a great gag, but “It’s an aesthetic thing!” could serve as a pull quote for Daughters of the Dragon.
One thing I don’t love about the art is that, at least to my eye, Colleen is drawn as a white woman. It's a common issue with the character, and how East Asian women in comics are drawn generally, but – the best-known version of the character is unambiguously Asian. No excuse.
Style = substance, fig. i: Three pages of panels slipping off their neat grid (note the contrast with the rows of dominoes), as Misty breaks free from mind control. The third layout references one in an earlier story, where Colleen did the same.