Tuesday, April 28, 2009

CBR Review: Sherlock Holmes #1

I recently reviewed Sherlock Holmes #1 for CBR and, in the process, wrote the following sentences: "The ensuing discussion seems aimed at filling the pages and holding off the end of this issue as long as possible, because it’s the shocking cliffhanger —- and reads exactly as such. Moore and Reppion mimic the writing style of Doyle well enough but, as I said, seem so beholden to his formula as to not produce an interesting comic. While this sort of set up works well in prose, for a comic it falls flat and crawls at a glacial pace."

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