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Marjorie Finnegan Temporal Criminal #1

AWA Upshot Studios

By Steven LeitmanPublished 3 years ago 3 min read
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Marjorie Finnegan Temporal Criminal #1

AWA Upshot Studios 2021

Written by Garth Ennis

Illustrated by Goran Sudžuka

Coloured by Miroslav MRVA

Lettered by Rob Steen

"She's Marjorie Finnegan. She's a temporal criminal. What more do you need to know?

Oh, all right then: all Marj wants to do is race up and down the time-lanes, stealing every shiny-gleamy-pretty-sparkly she can lay her hands on. But her larcenous trail from the Big Bang to the Ninety-fifth Reich has drawn the beady eye of the Temporal PD, whose number one Deputy Marshall is now hard on our heroine's tail-- and taking things extremely personally. Worse still, Marj's worthless creep of an ex and his even scummier partner have seen an angle of their own in all this, and now intend to use her time-tech to change history for their own benefit. Marj's only ally? A guy called Tim. And he's just a head."

The opening here had me hooked, especially when Marjorie didn’t realise that the Pharaoh's slaves were killed and mummified before going into the funeral chamber. I thought everyone knew they did that but then again she’s out for quick thrills and probably doesn’t do her homework like she should. This is totally speculation on my part but that i’m fully engaged in this like this already should tell you that this is written this extremely well.

I am enjoying 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. I also like how we are introduced to a myriad of characters who all have their place in the series. The character development is interesting and while not everyone gets the same treatment it’s perfectly done that way. From the dialogue, character interaction and how they act and react to the situations and circumstances they encounter fleshing them out. The pacing is excellent and as it takes us through the pages introducing us to the story, the characters and this world it’s so much fun to experience, and it is an experience.

I like how we see this being structured and how the layers within the story are emerging or feel like they’ve continued on from elsewhere which is a face that helps engage the reader. How we see everything working together to create the story’s ebb & flow as well as how it moves the story forward is achieved incredibly well.

The interiors here are amazing. I am thoroughly impressed with the linework here and how through the varying weights and techniques that we see bringing out this level of detail work is utterly phenomenal. That dude with the bullet holes yeah that’s what I’m talking about. Also we see a fair amount of backgrounds being utilised throughout not only enhance the moments but bring us some great depth perception, sense of scale and the overall sense of size and scope to the story. The utilisation of the page layouts and how we see the angles and perspective in the panels show a remarkable eye for storytelling. The colour work we see is really sensational. How we see the various hues and tones within the colours being utilised to create the shading, highlights and shadow work is really well rendered.

Creative, engaging and full of unexpected moments create this sense of fun surrounded by the mean seriousness that is the temporal deputy marshall is a perfect contrast. This is a highly entertaining introductory issue that promises to keep us laughing throughout the story’s run. AWA Upshot Studios continues to bring their expertise to the industry with the wide variety of titles they are bringing to fans and it’s books like this that keeps us coming back time and time again.

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Steven Leitman

Just me talking about the comics I enjoy reading, ones that you might not know exist and spotlighting the indie creators that excite me.

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