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allhailgrimlock

Grimlock ♥ Ultra Magnus

I'm a well read grad student who's bluntly honest about all things, although I try to be most honest about myself.   

Currently reading

Separate Orbits
Yael Mermelstein
Progress: 119/427pages
BATMAN #53 ((Regular Cover)) - DC Comics - 2018 - 1st Printing
LeeWeeksBatman53, TomKingBatman53
BATMAN #54 ((Regular Cover)) - DC Comics - 2018 - 1st Printing
MattWagnerBatman54, TomKingBatman54
BATMAN #52 ((DC REBIRTH)) ((Regular Cover)) - DC Comics - 2018 - 1st Printing
LeeWeeksBatman52, TomKingBatman52
BATMAN #51 ((DC REBIRTH)) ((Regular Cover)) - DC Comics - 2018 - 1st Printing
LeeWeeksBatman51, TomKingBatman51
Infinity Wars: Iron Hammer (2018) #1 (of 2)
Al Ewing, Humberto Ramos
Champions (2019-) #4
Jim Zub, Jacinto Benavente
SUICIDE SQUAD #46 ((Regular Cover)) - DC Comics - 2018 - 1st Printing
JosLuisSS46, RobWilliamsSS46
SUICIDE SQUAD #45 ((SINK ATLANTIS)) ((DC REBIRTH )) ((Regular Cover)) - DC Comics - 2018 - 1st Printing
JosLuisSuicideSquad45, RobWilliamsSuicideSquad45
Champions (2019-) #3
Jim Zub, Jacinto Benavente

Chewie is charming for a character who's unintelligible

Chewbacca (2015) #1 (of 5) (Chewbacca (2015-)) - Gerry Duggan, Phil Noto

He's trapped on a world as his spacecraft is downed, and managed to get caught without a translator.   Furthermore, he's in a  rush to get off planet as he has a package to deliver.   Nothing will stop him - nothing except a girl who's begging him to save her and her father, and her people, from a live of slavery. 

 

It's interesting to see the girl misunderstand him so much, thinking that he doesn't care, that he'll leave everyone.   His anger stems from memories that she stirs up: capture, being a slave himself.  How can he say no?

 

He can't.   So he's stuck on planet until he can help this girl and her people out.   It's gorgeously illustrated: true to the original movies, but lush art with colors that are often muted to fit the situation.    The darkest scenes are in the mines, but this makes sense: they're below ground, with artificial lighting and furthermore, they're trying to set a hopeless mood. 

 

Duggan works with what he has.   He manages to convey Chewie's expression, although the artist is at least halfway responsible for the clarity here.   I should say that the partnership here works: between people's reactions to Chewie and the art, you can get the spirit of what he's saying even if not the exact words. 

 

I found myself racing through this, eager to figure out how it would end.  I've got one more issue on MU and then I'll read the rest later, when the rest pops up.