Tuesday, April 10, 2007

The Invisibles Vol. 2 #6: 'The Girl Most Likely to'

After a run of brilliant issues, the series stumbles a bit with ‘The Girl Most Likely to.’ While there’s still a lot of good stuff here, it goes a bit too far out of reality, turning more sci-fi than usual, and that doesn’t really fit with this series. Particularly in Volume II, the series is all about a heightened version of our reality, not an entirely other reality. It seems to come out of nowhere, despite the groundwork laid with Jack’s experience in Volume I. But, there’s still some good stuff here, particularly in the future segment. ...

I've taken down my posts on The Invisibles because they're all coming out in book form. The book, Our Sentence is Up, features revised and expanded versions of each blog post, covering every issue of The Invisibles, plus an extensive interview with Morrison himself. Visit your local comic store and order a copy now!

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