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A review by dantastic
Black Hammer '45: From the World of Black Hammer by Ray Fawkes, Jeff Lemire
2.0
Black Hammer '45 tells the tale of the last mission of The Black Hammer Squadron in the dying days of World War II.
I love Jeff Lemire's Black Hammer universe but I did not love this.
The story is fine, an homage to Blackhawk, Enemy Ace, and the rest of DC's war comics. The art is not my cup of tea, though. I don't know what Matt Kindt was going for but the art was muddy as hell at times. I think the style was wrong for the story, even though he mentioned trying to channel Alex Toth in the afterword. If he was going for a Harvey Kurtzman look, he failed.
That's all I have to say about that.
I love Jeff Lemire's Black Hammer universe but I did not love this.
The story is fine, an homage to Blackhawk, Enemy Ace, and the rest of DC's war comics. The art is not my cup of tea, though. I don't know what Matt Kindt was going for but the art was muddy as hell at times. I think the style was wrong for the story, even though he mentioned trying to channel Alex Toth in the afterword. If he was going for a Harvey Kurtzman look, he failed.
That's all I have to say about that.