I have an electric toothbrush now. The regular kind have always worked fine, but it was a gift, so what the heck. Bit of a learning curve, such as the fact I should make sure it's in my mouth before I turn it on if I don't want the toothpaste to go flying. I'll get the hang of it eventually.
I have a total of six comics from last month to review, so we'll start with the book that shipped two issues. On the same day, no less.
The story jumps to a year after Zeus' murder. Casper's playing P.I. now, handling missing persons cases and the like. Ponciano really does it up like something out of a Raymond Chandler story (even if this is set in the 1980s). The slatted Venetian blinds on the windows of his crappy office that throw shadows across the wall. A bag of frozen peas for an ice pack and scotch for dinner as he sits alone behind the desk in a darkened room. Might be missing a ceiling fan turning lazily, but otherwise you know the scene.
Then Aphrodite shows up, asking him to start looking into the murder, even though he was warned to stay out of god business. So he's snooping, and back in trouble in short order. Athena's annoyed enough to sic Nemesis on him, which is where issue 3 ends, her telling him he dies tomorrow. Before then, he realizes Apollo's dealing some form of Ambrosia to mortals, though he can't find the Sun God, and there's some fabric left behind where Zeus died that he doesn't know the origin of.
Meanwhile, the killer is running around, attacking the Norse, attacking the Japanese gods, and generally making each group think one of the others is behind the whole thing. No doubt a big war is imminent. There's no real progress on that mystery, unless Casper lives long enough to learn something from the fabric. Mostly I'm curious why the killer seems able to shrug off attack from the other gods. They're apparently reduced in power, a concession to living on the mortal plane, but that doesn't seem an issue for the robed killer.
Scenes with the gods in them seem to be in more solid colors. When it's just Casper, or him interacting with other humans, there are more shadows, and more, I won't say realistic, but muted colors. Once he steps into the god's domains, things shift. Charon's mortuary is done entirely in a sickly green color. Athena's office is dominated by a lavender or purple. Nemesis is always shown in a mixture of golden orange and stark shadows.
It's not all the time; it doesn't seem to hold for scenes that focus on the Norse or the Japanese gods. The coloring there is more like in Caspar's office, except if they're wielding one of their weapons. Mjolnir glows bright blue, Izanagi's sword makes almost Tron-like yellow arc. I don't grasp the difference, beyond we aren't seeing those groups in their seats of power. Except we did see the Norse around their meeting table in the first issue - it even had Yggdrasil carved into it - and it didn't follow this pattern. Something to monitor.
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