Eat The Rich #3

Eat The Rich #3

BOOM! Studios 2021

Written by Sarah Gailey

Illustrated by Pius Bak

Coloured by Roman Titov

Lettered by Cardinal Rae

Still uncertain about what she saw in Pip's office, Joey confides in Kitty... but Kitty's response only confuses her more, leaving Joey with no choice but to play along with the family. Until Fourth of July, when at a party Joey suspects what she thought she saw then is happening again. Can Joey come to terms with what is really happening in Crestfall Bluffs... and can she still walk away alive?

This shit is bananas B.A.N.A.N.A.S. and I am eating up every single moment of it. Now if you were paying attention to the last issue, was last night, Joey found out a lot about what’s going on within this community. So the way this issue goes, many of Joey’s questions are answered by an unlikely source who, if you remember, knew she was out and about wandering the house. I love how Sarah tells this issue's story because it really keeps the tensions high and interest piqued up past ten. So Joey has a huge dilemma on her hands but she loves Astor and she’s unsure to what extent things are happening and how deep into all this her boyfriend is.

I’m loving the way that this is being told. The story & plot development that we see through how the sequence of events unfold as well as how the reader learns information is presented exceptionally well. The character development that we see through the dialogue, the character development as well as how we see them act and react to the situations and circumstances which they encounter does this magnificent job in bringing their personalities to the forefront. The pacing is excellent and as it takes us through pages it does a sensational job bringing the events to life.

I am liking the way that we see this being structured and how the layers within the story continue to emerge, grow, evolve and strengthen. The layers open up new avenues to be explored and while some will be and others won’t be, what they all do is add this delicious depth, dimension and complexity to the story. Plus there’s still Astor and his insecurities going on that she has to deal with, oh and his sobriety. How we see everything working together to create the story’s ebb & flow as well as how it moves the story forward is immaculately achieved.

The interiors are more simple than I care for but that doesn’t mean that they aren’t effective because they are. Astor is a big old hunk of man according to what we see. The linework is strong, clean and crisp and with the varying weights and techniques that we see creating the attention to detail throughout the book is extremely well rendered. We see some nice utilisation of backgrounds but I do wish we’d see more because they do wonders in enhancing and expanding the moments. They also work within the composition of the panels to bring out the depth perception, sense of scale and the overall sense of size and scope to the story. The utilisation of the page layouts and how we see the angles and perspective in the panels show an extremely talented eye for storytelling. The colour work we see is solid, packed in and there’s some great use of lighting and highlights happening within these pages. On a side note I do wish the interiors looked like the cover.

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This is a crazy story. I love what it is, how we see it and the revelations and repercussions of the actions. This isn’t like you’d expect it to be and it really takes the reader on a journey through this amazing look at how some of the upper echelon live through the eyes of someone who’s naivete is palpable. The writing is spectacular and the characterisation is amazing while the interiors do a nice job in bringing this world to life.