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Part One is a monster filled thrill ride following a motley crew of marine experts centered around heroine Dr. Snyder's track record of handling big characters with canon shaping story lines has been repeatedly proven despite his short comics career.Ģ.) It's two stories for the price of one. Outside of Gotham City, Snyder has tackled The New 52 Swamp Thing title and has teamed up with legendary comic book artist Jim Lee for the Superman: Unchained miniseries. At the helm of Batman, Snyder crafted masterful year long story arcs such as Court of Owls, Death of the Family, and Year Zero that will forever be used to define the Batman character. DC Comics snatched him up soon after that, entrusting him with two of their most beloved franchises, Detective Comics and Batman, for their New 52 launch. Snyder started writing comics for Marvel Comics in 2009 until Vertigo published his first ongoing creator owned series American Vampire, earning him both a Harvey and Eisner Award for Best New Series in 2011.

Here are the top five spoiler-filled reasons you should be reading The Wake. Created by Scott Snyder ( Batman) and Sean Murphy ( Punk Rock Jesus), this Eisner Award winning miniseries is as smartly written as it is beautiful to look at. What happens is mostly understood thanks to Snyder's writing, but from a storytelling point of view, it's definitely confusing.Science and mythology collide under the sea in Vertigo Comic's apocalyptic epic, The Wake. The end particularly lacks clarity as it seems like Leeward is abandoned by the outliers and left tied up on the surface when their home is bombed, only to have them come back for her and find her somewhere else utterly unharmed. There are a few layouts that, perhaps because Murphy is pushing on storytelling boundaries - not a bad thing - are not as clear as they could be. At the same time he presents a flexible palette that shifts beautifully with the location and light in a scene. Hollingsworth's colors are full of smart details such as skin tones a bit orange from a hard life on the water. Murphy has perfect balance on this score and it's just one of the ways in which he gives 'The Wake' so many layers and depth. It's an aspect that lesser artists can't seem to manage - always overloading panels, or ignoring backgrounds completely. The result is a wonderful contrast between the supremely detailed and the starkly bare. Even though Murphy's style is one of highly comprehensive details, he's not afraid to let backgrounds drop out when the story calls for it. Murphy's world building is imaginative and fluid, and perfectly conceived from architecture and creatures to fashion and atmosphere. Murphy and Matt Hollingsworth's art continues to be an absolute visual feast.

The wake by scott snyder