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Ack. I would really like this thread and any other thread about Brian Wood's work to be largely free of "who the hell does Brian Wood think he is?", "people who read Brian Wood think they're so damn cool", "Brian Wood was in the passenger seat when Warren Ellis ran over my cat in the car he rented from the guys at Savant", and so on. Let's talk about the work, not the supposed audience for it or the author's critical standing with an internet site.
Having said all that, issue 1 of FFT didn't really grab me. Wood has said in the past that he finds writing in the single issue format (even when it's a miniseries) less rewarding than writing graphic novels, and I'm finding this really shows in terms of my enjoyment of his work. Pounded was the disappointment of the year for me - although I understand it a little better after reading comments Wood has made, you should never really have to do that, and at least part of the problem was the structure: it set things up to go one way, and then went another, in what was perhaps meant to be a surprising way but ended up just falling flat.
Anyway, FFT conversely has started out with a first issue that really doesn't have the impact it should, especially for a comic of this type and genre. The first page is wonderful, but the fight scenes lack something. It's probably the artist's responsibility: I'm sure the panels in the ring out to have a certain kinetic energy, a certain punch if you will, which is oddly absent. That, and I hate the colouring (which isn't helped by FFT being printed on rough-n-ready toilet paper - no shiny glossy paper like the Filth unless you're as big a name as Morrison, perhaps?). I assume that the colour is in part intended to reflect the drabness of the protagonist's world and mood, but in fact, it just makes the whole comic look somewhat lifeless.
I'll be in for the next two issues though, to see if it picks up. And I'm still fiending for JENNIE ONE... |
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