Monday, April 10, 2006

Last Paladin Review

The following was taken from a post by Samy on the Digital Webbing Message Boards:

A transformative story, and a well crafted one at that. Basically, it's all about Zack learning and accepting his heritage. The Osyrus framing sequence is just the bookends that provide a physical outlet for Zack's transformation from unsure and confused to sure and dedicated. As such, the story has a point, and a clear purpose. A strong concept. That is not its only merit, however; I quite enjoyed the little touches, like Osyrus' absolutely gorgeous exposition monologue on the first page, the corpse's name ("Jondo" -- John Doe, haha!), and the "girly-man" footnote which almost felt like Stan Lee's self-ironic captions from time to time. So, the Paladin's "origin" story is now completed (or just the first of them, eh?), and the stage is set for the "quest". I will definitely be on board for a standalone Paladin book if such should materialize!

Coming from a fellow writer and comic book fan that's high praise. Thanks Samy!

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