From the random stack of unread comics: I have a short run of three Thieves & Kings issues, of which this is the middle book. My review of #42 is here.
Title: Thieves & Kings
Issue: 43
Publisher: I Box Publishing
Date: 2003
Writer: Mark Oakley
Artist: Mark Oakley
This issue contains two stories. The first is longer and contains an extended prose segment. It involves Heath and Kim helping a boy with a bedwetting problem. Well, that is what his overbearing mother describes it as. Heath suspects something quite a bit more sinister is going on, and soon uncovers the source of the boy's nightmares.
This leads into the extended prose segment, telling the background story of the mysterious magical being at the heart of the boy's troubles. The prose storytelling was a smooth read, and I didn't find it interfered with the overall pace of the comic.
The second story concerns a rebellion of sorts by a group of clockwork soldiers. It's played a bit more for laughs, and requires more of the reader in terms of familiarity with ongoing storylines. As a result, I didn't get as much out of it as readers who have been with this series from the beginning probably would.
Still, it was fun, and the artwork continues to be amazing throughout the book.
Rating: 7.5/10
Title: Thieves & KingsIssue: 43
Publisher: I Box Publishing
Date: 2003
Writer: Mark Oakley
Artist: Mark Oakley
This issue contains two stories. The first is longer and contains an extended prose segment. It involves Heath and Kim helping a boy with a bedwetting problem. Well, that is what his overbearing mother describes it as. Heath suspects something quite a bit more sinister is going on, and soon uncovers the source of the boy's nightmares.
This leads into the extended prose segment, telling the background story of the mysterious magical being at the heart of the boy's troubles. The prose storytelling was a smooth read, and I didn't find it interfered with the overall pace of the comic.
The second story concerns a rebellion of sorts by a group of clockwork soldiers. It's played a bit more for laughs, and requires more of the reader in terms of familiarity with ongoing storylines. As a result, I didn't get as much out of it as readers who have been with this series from the beginning probably would.
Still, it was fun, and the artwork continues to be amazing throughout the book.
Rating: 7.5/10
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