Godzilla: Cataclysm #5
Written by: Cullen Bunn
Art by: Dave Wachter
I know what you're thinking: "HEY ROBERT, YOU SKIPPED #4!!" and guess what?! You'd be right, I did. Does that mean I didn't read #4 in prep for this review? No it does not! I did read it and it was lovely, but this review is for #5 which was better than lovely, it was entrancing. We pick up from the end of #4, Godzilla has disappeared and Destroyah is wreaking havoc. Like all good Godzilla flicks though, Godzilla shows back up and the ensuing battle is amazing. We get a Mothra cameo and a beautiful ending note to carry us away into...perhaps...dare I say it...another comic in the near future? We'll see though, as this arc was very well done, it was also very short.
What isn't very short is the amount of talent that Bunn brings to the table in this issue and most of the other issues. I absolutely love the overlay of words whenever there is some fighting or a tense scene going on. It adds to the power of the words, even if you aren't looking directly at the person speaking them. Beyond that, the dialogue is few and far between, but it's coherent enough for a Godzilla franchise and in enough places storywise to warrant its use. I also have to comment on the accuracy of the roars from all the monsters throughout the entire comic, though it may be the artist who I should be commending...
Wachter kills it in the monster drawing. But that's no surprise as I've been giving him high praise since I read issue #1. He's definitely an artist that should be tapped for any kaiju comics in the future, especially the big G-man. His Destroyah was so cool as well, it just fit in the overall epicness of the whole thing. Mothra was of course cool in most of these issues and here you really see some great work on monster injury. Wachter is the kind of the kaiju artists and I love his color palette just as much as his line drawing.
Great ending, sad it's over...but there might be more...who knows? Pick this up if you love Godzilla.
Art by: Dave Wachter
I know what you're thinking: "HEY ROBERT, YOU SKIPPED #4!!" and guess what?! You'd be right, I did. Does that mean I didn't read #4 in prep for this review? No it does not! I did read it and it was lovely, but this review is for #5 which was better than lovely, it was entrancing. We pick up from the end of #4, Godzilla has disappeared and Destroyah is wreaking havoc. Like all good Godzilla flicks though, Godzilla shows back up and the ensuing battle is amazing. We get a Mothra cameo and a beautiful ending note to carry us away into...perhaps...dare I say it...another comic in the near future? We'll see though, as this arc was very well done, it was also very short.
What isn't very short is the amount of talent that Bunn brings to the table in this issue and most of the other issues. I absolutely love the overlay of words whenever there is some fighting or a tense scene going on. It adds to the power of the words, even if you aren't looking directly at the person speaking them. Beyond that, the dialogue is few and far between, but it's coherent enough for a Godzilla franchise and in enough places storywise to warrant its use. I also have to comment on the accuracy of the roars from all the monsters throughout the entire comic, though it may be the artist who I should be commending...
Wachter kills it in the monster drawing. But that's no surprise as I've been giving him high praise since I read issue #1. He's definitely an artist that should be tapped for any kaiju comics in the future, especially the big G-man. His Destroyah was so cool as well, it just fit in the overall epicness of the whole thing. Mothra was of course cool in most of these issues and here you really see some great work on monster injury. Wachter is the kind of the kaiju artists and I love his color palette just as much as his line drawing.
Great ending, sad it's over...but there might be more...who knows? Pick this up if you love Godzilla.
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