SGT. Rock (Issue #5 of 6)
Posted by Bryan H on September 6th, 2009
So it’s taken me a bit longer to get back to the this series than I’d hoped (long story…) The narrative arc has reached its peak, with the 442 breaking through to the Lost Battalion. SGT Rock only has a few lines in this issue, and honestly, he’s sort of lost in the “big-ness” of the story. The German sniper is set to kill Rock just as…(the action shifts just as someone else appears in his scope). Tucci is such a tease.
But one thing caught my eye in this issue that I really liked: on two occasions, the artwork shifted from the established patterns of the series, to something less formal, raw. Background content is light, drawing all attention to the foreground. At these two moments, critical events had just occurred, and the black ink “feel” is much more evocative. Check the gallery here for images.
Final comments on this series are forthcoming. All told, I’ve enjoyed reading it.
