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Sean Kleefeld: Predictor Of The Future!.

I really do think some of these poorly-drawn, slap-dashed 1940s reprints I've been reading lately are of much higher quality than this. But Twilight: The Graphic Novel ranks as one of the worst pieces of printed comic literature I've read in a long time. The general story idea isn't my cup of tea, but a lot of people get something out of it so I'm not about to judge. I have to assume, in fact, that Stephanie Meyer's original novel was much more cohesive, because I can't imagine any editor approving it otherwise. I'm not about to say that the whole Twilight saga is crap I've read one person's adaptation of part of the overall story. Most of the individual pages are a mess from a layout perspective, and it really isn't then surprising that the lettering had to be placed over character's faces. Individual panels are cropped strangely, not infrequently cutting off people's heads and projecting the reader's attention in precisely the wrong places. Panels are divided by a simple black line, slightly heavier than what's used within the panels. Oh, individual characters are identifiable enough and it's not as if you can't tell one character from another, but they all have that same sparkling beauty that's allegedly reserved for these vampires.įurther complicating matters, there is not one border gutter in the whole book. But the art really makes everyone look pretty much the same. To complicate matters, the text suggests the vampires look different than other folks. Not to mention some bizarre leaps of in-story logic that make 1940s comics look completely sensible by comparison. The more action-oriented scenes are completely incomprehensible, and the reader can only infer what happened by reading the dialogue several pages later. There are sudden, disconnected scene changes throughout the book. Characters say things that seem like they ought to relate back to something else, but you're not sure what. Even setting aside the already-much-maligned-elsewhere piss-poor lettering, the actual comic just comes across as a bunch of random scenes that seem like they ought to be connected somehow but really aren't.

That's what reading Twilight: The Graphic Novel was like. Hell, even the porthole window changes from round in one panel to square in the next! There's kind of a vague sense of story progression, but it kind of feels like somebody tore out every other page.

Now, did you notice in that Whizzer story how it didn't make a lick of sense? Characters are doing and saying things almost randomly, scenes change abruptly and for no reason. It is, I think, pretty critical to understanding what I think about Twilight: The Graphic Novel.ĭone? Good. Please take a moment to read through that Whizzer story above. The superhero story about The Whizzer from All Winners Comics #2, to be precise. I actually found it strangely interesting how many parallels it had compared to a 1940's comic story I just happened to read earlier in the week. So, is the comic version of this story any good? What are the actual merits of Twilight: The Graphic Novel as a piece of sequential art? I haven't read the books or seen the movie, and going into this, the entirety of my knowledge about the Twilight saga is that it's some kind of love story with sparkling vampires. So, for as much vitriol has been thrown at Twilight from comic book fans, I thought I'd try to read the graphic novel with as unbiased a view as possible. I'd like to think that you all know me as someone who's not going to go around haterating on something or someone for no reason.