Grimlock ♥ Ultra Magnus

This was a touching moment between Liz and Abe Sapien, where she reassures him he isn't as responsible for the deaths of agents as he seems to think  he is.   But it's also only ten pages long.   And it's everything I'd expect from a MIgnola, ten page comic, but it's also only ten pages long. 

Am I harping?   Yes.   Because Mignola, I believe, does better longer term: story arcs, or even with an extra fifteen pages.   He teases out a lot of nuances, and he does so through methods that really build up over time/page count.   Nothing wrong with that: some people excel in short format, some in long.   (I'm reminded of my favorite graphic novel, James Roberts, who has been seeding his story with comments that seem irrelevant at the time years in advance.  I think of Mignola as that kind of writer, and it's nigh impossible to do in a ten page comic.  You just don't have the time to really fully explore continuity.  Same thing with Joss Whedon: he does better, in my opinion, in long term projects because he seeds things and pays attention to continuity.)  

That being said,  I really did love this: the dialogue was crisp, called back to previous events - without fully explaining or exploring them - and the art was fabulous and stylized and fit the tone of the story perfectly.  I just prefer the longer stories told in this universe, and yes, that's a general rule. 

I don't feel too bad about this: I spent very little time on the actual reading because it was so short, and I'm using the free Comixology Unlimited trial so no loss there.