DEADLY CLASS

REMENDER | CRAIG | LOUGHRIDGE

This series was well established when I decided to finally give it a chance.  I do tend to shy away from these things, heading towards new things in basements hidden behind secret bookshelf doorways invariably covered in decades of cobwebs and dust even though it was released last Tuesday.  Sometimes I like to relive my past and pretend it was more exciting than even my overly excitable imagination could make it.  Youths already terrify me, nothing makes me cross the street faster than a gathering of middle schoolers.  So in reading this book I was expecting more vindication than anything else but this book isn't just about that, it's also about some insanely awesome gang culture which, hell yeah.  The premise of sending kids from all over the world to a single hogwarts for gang-craft is a gift I express my gratitude for at every Thanksgiving.

This series is popular because it deserves to be so.  THE ART.  The artist and the colorist have an incredible relationship.  I don't know if they're smooshing booties or what but the panels they come up with are phenomenal.  You never have to look at something twice, unless you want to, which you will always want to.  When it comes to the writing, I have to praise the story line because that's what we're here for but the dialogue is frustrating.  Either this writer has done an outstanding job writing for youths or an awkward one.  I haven't decided yet.  Regardless, all together these authors have accomplished intricate, complex pages combining already perfect pieces into a work I truly enjoyed.  I'm just assuming the three of them are smooshing booties, such a perfect collaboration couldn't exist otherwise.

If you know the feeling of complete and absolute nothing but have lived to see the world reborn on the other side of it, I suggest you read this.