Overall, I highly recommend that fans check this adaption out. The dialogue and progression of action is spot-on with the novel and I believe that it stops at a perfectly ominous place. I’ve come to conclude that I believe what turns me off is Baek’s use of color because the black and white splashes are quite stunning. Saying this though, the actual graphic novel has some spectacular splashes such as this one: Instead I’ll link a couple other samples. I’d link one of my favorite ones at the bottom, but it is a tad risque for polite company. This actually disappointed me quite a bit as some of my favorite artistic pieces from the series have extreme depictions of the tattoos, muscle definition, clothing, and so much more. The Steles, Angel Blades, and tattoos are all super simplified and I feel like the artist cut corners here. My biggest faults with the depiction is the over simplification. The Silent Brothers made me shiver, as they should, and I can’t wait to see more of them throughout. The emotions expressed throughout the graphic novel are spot on, and the monster are just gruesome enough to make you cringe, but keep reading. I also love the way that she depicts Jem and Jessamine. The actual style is pretty soft and smooth, the era based fashion and architecture is pretty spot on.
The front cover, I find now though, is a bit deceiving of the styling inside the cover. I’ve also been a huge fan of Cassandra Jean’s art style, check her out, and she’s done multiple fan art pieces, so this new artist was harsh on my eyes. I’m a huge fan of REM’s art style, so moving from that to Hyekyung Baek style was a little hard for me. I’m here to say that each depiction might have not been exactly to my own personal image, but it was fun and pretty darn close. I was honestly worried it would be ruined by this graphic novel adaption. This series was very close to me and my personal imagery of it. Surprised it took me this long to pick up? I was never a fan of the art I’d seen of it around. Keeping with my steampunk theme we jump right into The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel Volume One, an adaption of one of my favorite series by Cassandra Clare. Genre: Graphic Novel, Action, Adventure, Romance, Fantasy Infernal Devices collage (cover and main three characters) thanks to eternally-reading over on Tumblr.īook: The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel Volume One
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