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A review by mschlat
B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth, Vol. 13: End of Days by Mike Mignola, Dave Stewart, John Arcudi, Laurence Campbell
2.0
And that's it, folks. I'm gone, done, finished, finito, over over over with this series.
Really, I should like this volume. There's a ton of plot (as opposed to some of the one- or two-parters collected in previous volumes). We get gigantic and (supposedly) meaningful fight scenes. We even get some glimpses of Fenix (remember her?) before she goes down into a hypnosis coma for most of the book.
For me, the issue is the art. I adored Guy Davis's work and was growing to like Tyler Crook. But Campbell goes for a realistic approach that (for me) robs the scenes of any emotion. Instead, we get panel after panel of slugfest with one character (Johann) transformed into a robotic Superman analogue and thus losing a lot of what made him special.
There are glimpses here of what I have valued in the series, and it's possible that reading the collections instead of single issues hurts my enjoyment (as I forget too much), but it's been harder and harder to find the enjoyment in each volume.
Really, I should like this volume. There's a ton of plot (as opposed to some of the one- or two-parters collected in previous volumes). We get gigantic and (supposedly) meaningful fight scenes. We even get some glimpses of Fenix (remember her?) before she goes down into a hypnosis coma for most of the book.
For me, the issue is the art. I adored Guy Davis's work and was growing to like Tyler Crook. But Campbell goes for a realistic approach that (for me) robs the scenes of any emotion. Instead, we get panel after panel of slugfest with one character (Johann) transformed into a robotic Superman analogue and thus losing a lot of what made him special.
There are glimpses here of what I have valued in the series, and it's possible that reading the collections instead of single issues hurts my enjoyment (as I forget too much), but it's been harder and harder to find the enjoyment in each volume.