by Mark Oakley
The Skinny: At last, the story turns to Princess Katara in the Sleeping
Forest. She's been busy forming an army of trolls and holding a certain
character prisoner. Many secrets are revealed.
The Writing: I was seriously wondering if I'd somehow missed an issue.
Lately, T&K has really been flitting around plotwise. In #25, we got
to see much more of Soracia's life than ever, and #26 follows Rubel's
capture and more of Heath's life. Now, we actually see 2 characters who've
not been shown in "realtime" much. In doing so, many questions
are answered regarding the past between Quinton, Sorcia, the Red
Sorceress, etc. Quite fascinating to this longtime reader of the book, it
is. And still Thieves and Kings marches on, with more questions to be
answered.
The Art: I wish M'Oak's lettering would improve, even if he had to go the
computer font route. It's readable and I don't mind it so much, but
it's not very neat.
Etc:--Katara has an odd shock of hair which alternately appears on the far
side of her face, whichever it is. It's a little distracting, not to
mention
--So wait. If Locumire is an "aborted" red sorceress, does this
make her a redhead, too? Oyyyyy...too many...
--No text pieces this time. In fact, it seems that there've been fewer of
those lately.
The Verdict: Somehow, this T&K isn't quite as engaging as usual. The
sheer amount of info threatens to overload. Still, it's a worthy issue in
my flat-out favorite comic series. Grade: Very Good [3.5]
From: KJ Sampson (c721329@showme.missouri.edu)
This review is copyright 1999 by KJ Sampson, reprinted here by permission