Canto & The City of Giants #2

Canto & The City of Giants #2

IDW Publishing 2021

Written by David M. Booher

Illustrated by Sebastián Piriz

Lettered by Andworld Design

Striking a bargain to free his giant friends, Canto must now enter a labyrinth and face a foul beast known as Ferro. He has an untrustworthy weapon at his side—the Misturian Witch. With signs of the monster everywhere and the threat of his companion’s betrayal hanging over him, Canto must find the monster before the monster finds him.

This really is one of the all-time greatest series ever created and I dare you to tell me otherwise. Canto is the greatest character find in my lifetime and this little guys courage and determination not to mention loyalty to his friends and belief in his cause makes him so easy to fall in love with. What a fun issue this is because while Canto has to fulfil the mission in order to free his friends from their current fate he has to trust the Misturian Witch if he’s going to do so. The dynamic we see being created here is stellar and I love the fact that we see David taking on such a natural and bold decision making process with these characters.

I like 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 perfectly presented. The character development is phenomenal to see. With the dialogue and the character interaction and how they act and react to the situations and circumstances they encounter keep fleshing them out further as well as changing how they think which is utterly marvellous. The pacing here is superb and as it takes us through the pages revealing the twists and turns it pulls us further into the story.

I am enjoying how we see this being structured and how the layers within the story continue to grow and strengthen. I like that each of these little arcs are both new reader friendly as well as long-time fan reminders of what we’ve already seen and it’s done in the most delightful of ways. How we see everything working together to create the story’s ebb & flow as well as how it movies he story forward is achieved exceeding well. The overall flow is simply superb in how easy and natural it feels to the reader.

The interiors here are utterly delightful. I love seeing Sebastián’s take on Canto and the world that he lives in. the linework is really nice and how we see the varying weights and techniques being utilised to create the detail work is extraordinary to see. These two-page spreads with the maze built out of rock are truly spectacular to see. How we see the composition within the panels being utilised to create the depth perception, sense of scale and the overall sense of size and scope to the story is achieved beautifully. 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 creativity and imagination is beautifully showcased throughout the book and with Ferro especially. The colour work is absolutely spectacular. The various hues and tones within the colours being utilised to create the shading, highlights and shadow work shows a great eye for colour and how to utilise it. The magic effects and the fire within Canto and his friends we see in the Burgonet are also some really stand out moments.

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This is one of the best story franchises in comics right now. It has all the charm you could possible ask for and so much more. This is incredibly well written with intelligent decision making that engages the readers mind, creativity and imagination in some exceptional ways.