Lost Falls #02

Lost Falls #02

ComiXology Originals 2021

Written by Curt Pires

Illustrated by Antonio Fuso & Pierluigi Minotti

Coloured by Lee Loughridge

Lettered by Micah Myers

Memories come flooding back.

Pynchon breaks out of Jail.

Isaac Descends.

The Cult reemerges.

I find this incredibly interesting because how we see this being told, the first half of the story has few words and the second half has a fair amount of writing and there’s not one moment when you don’t understand what we see and read. It is kind of brilliantly rendered really as Pynchon appears to be the key to all this as he shows up in town with no memory of how he got there. I’m anxious to see what caused this memory loss, because let’s face it, anything that is capable of creating amnesia, temporarily or otherwise, is something that’s got to have some power behind it. Also if the opening is involved in this in some way then there are still mysteries to be learned and I’m excited to see the direction that this will take the story.

I am a huge fan of 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 exceedingly well. The character development we see through the dialogue, the character interaction, their behaviour as well as how they act and react to the situations and circumstances which they encounter does a marvellous job in bringing these characters to life. I’m enjoying seeing the different approaches to bringing the different characters into sharper focus. The pacing is excellent and as it takes us through the pages revealing more of the story we are getting more and more involved and invested in the book.

How we see this being structured and how the layers within the story continue to emerge, grow, evolve and strengthen does a magnificent job in showing us how talented Curt is. The way that this is crafted is genius and it feels like it just keeps going, building to a crescendo that is on the horizon. These layers open up different avenues and while some will be explored others won’t be and regardless they all add this wonderful depth, dimension and complexity to the story. How we see everything working together to create the story’s ebb & flow as well as how it moves the story forward is exceptionally well achieved.

I’m a really big fan of the interiors here. I adore that you can understand and follow the story even with limited words on the page and that pictures really are worth a thousand words. The linework is strong and clean and how we see the varying weights and techniques being utilised to create this detail work that we see throughout is wonderfully rendered. Backgrounds could be a tad better utilised but they do well to enhance and expand the moments as well as 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 a very talented eye for storytelling. The various hues and tones within the colours being utilised to create the shading, highlights and shadow work show a great eye for how colour works.

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These ComiXology Originals continue to showcase just how much room there is in the market for both digital and print comics. This is exceptionally well written with great characterisation and some fine interiors. Making this feel like a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma and it wouldn’t work any other way.