Bunny Mask #2

Bunny Mask #2

Aftershock Comics 2021

Written by Paul Tobin

Illustrated by Andrea Mutti

Lettered by Taylor Esposito

Life explodes around Tyler Severin as depictions of Bunny Mask begin eerily appearing in his life – even as the strange and deadly creature herself walks the earth once more. Meanwhile, as Tyler’s relationship with Bee accelerates, he begins hearing the voice of the Snitch whispering everyone’s darkest secrets, forcing Tyler to question if Leo Foster, Bee’s crazy father, was truly crazy after all…or simply the tormented holder of secrets no man should ever know.

What an interesting book this is. This issue really kind of got involved with furthering the characters and their involvement and I like this track because to me the way its done is completely unexpected. Paul will keep you on your toes and that’s something I really enjoy about his work. While we aren’t getting to know about Bunny Mask I am more than okay with that because in all honesty I like the mystery behind her and to keep that going as long as possible keeps that intrigue and interest factor dialled up way past ten. There is a lot going on here and it’s so well executed that it’s crazy how easy it reads and its a huge testament to Paul and what he’s capable of.

I’m really impressed with the way that this is being told. The story & plot development that we see through how the sequence of events unfold as well as how the reader learns information is presented exceptionally well. The character development we see through the dialogue, the character interactions, the way the characters behave and how they act and react to the situations and circumstances they encounter is magnificently rendered. The pacing is superb and as it takes us through the pages revealing more and more of the story it engrosses the reader beautifully.

I am greatly appreciative of the way we see this being structured and how the layers within the story emerge, grow and evolve. I love that the avenues we see within the layers them are being explored in ways that I wasn’t expecting and how whether they impact the main arc or not they add depth, dimension and complexity to the story. How we see everything working together to create the story’s ebb & flow as well as how it moves the story forward pretty impeccably well rendered.

The interiors here are really something amazing. The linework is exquisite and how we see the varying weights and techniques being utilised to create the detail work is stupendous. There’s some absolutely beautiful soft delicate lines that are side-by-side with these strong bold ones and the dichotomy is sensational. I am really enjoying the use of backgrounds here and how they enhance the moments but how we see them work within the composition within the panels bring out the depth perception, sense of scale and overall sense of size and scope to the story is really impressive. The utilisation of the page layouts and how we see the angles and perspective in the panels show a remarkably talented eye for storytelling. The colour work is brilliantly rendered. The choices of colour and how the various hues and tones within the colours are being utilised to create the shading, highlights and shadow work really shows us this excellent eye for how colour works.

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As love blossoms and the supernatural forces are gathering strength we are seeing so much come into play that shouldn’t be happening. So who is the Bunny Mask and what does she want with Tyler? Like I said earlier there’s a lot going on here but you’d never know it based on how the book flows. I think this is super intriguing, interesting, engaging and it has this way capturing your mind, imagination and creativity in some sensational ways. There is some of the most incredible writing and characterisation happening here with some really beautiful interiors and it’s definitely going to be high up on must read lists.