Snatched #2

Snatched #2

Scout Comics 2021

Written by Sheldon Allen

Illustrated by Mauricio Campetella

Coloured by Warnia Sahadewa

Lettered by Matt Bowers

An incident at the strip club drives Andre to realize he's outgrown his job and further solidifies his decision to take Harold up on the offer to buy one ton of human hair. In Las Vegas, Mo discovers his bride is every bit the loose cannon as her homicidal father. Up in Oakland, Mr. Lee's mysterious tormenter ups the ante by striking close to home.

I don’t think any of us can look at a real human hair wig the same way again, those lace up front wigs are the best of the best though. I do find it incredibly interesting that it takes a comic like this one to bring up the fact that wigs are a multi-billion dollar business and it isn’t just for women, though minority groups are predominantly the ones consuming with the drag community hot on their heels. This book makes you stop and think and who would have thunk something along these lines would actually stimulate the brain as it does. Upon reflection I’ve known some of these facts all along but it takes seeing them presented in such a dynamic way to really hammer home to what extremes folks will go to to make a buck.

I am liking 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 interaction as well as how we see them act and react to the situations and circumstances which they encounter really helps bring their personalities to life. The pacing is superb and as it takes us through the pages revealing the story the more complicated it seems their lives become.

I am enjoying how we see this being structured and how the layers within the story continue to emerge, grow, evolve and strengthen. Of course how the layers within the story open up the avenues we see being explored as well as those that aren’t explored all add this great depth, dimension and complexity to the story. There are a fair share of surprises throughout this issue as well and I have to say that I really enjoy where these may lead. How everything works together to create the story’s ebb & flow as well as how it moves the story forward is extremely well achieved.

The interiors here are really very solid. The linework that we see with its varying weights and techniques being utilised to create the detail within the work that we see is extraordinarily rendered. We see some nice utilisation of backgrounds throughout the book though honestly we could use a lot more as they do work nicely to enhance and expand 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 a very talented eye for storytelling. The various hues and tones within the colours being utilised to create the shading, highlights and shadow work shows a great understanding of how colour works.

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If there is one thing in this issue that infuriates me is the exchange between father and son where he tells his son to beat his wife into submission and that she’s beneath him, his property etcetera. If this is something they do then they need their own arses kicked because that is wrong on so many levels. That the story can provoke this much emotion out of me shows how strong the writing and characterisation is and with the interiors as superb as they are this really comes to life nicely.