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Nightly News
Jonathan Hickman
Nightly News
Image Comics
There is a lot of negative things going on in Nightly News. It’s heavily photo referenced art, nearly every alternate page features an info chart, a heavy handed political message, the ending feels very underwhelming and a little cliche, even down to the “it was me all along moment”. It’s very similar to the reasons of why I don’t care for Brian Wood’s debut work on Channel Zero. However, Hinkley does a lot of good stuff here that overcomes these shortcomings. The opening issues were strong and told a type of story that I haven’t seen done elsewhere. His admits to the photo referencing but makes each of the shots his own. A contest he runs to find a scene referenced from a movie proves tough. In the end, there is more promise in this book than I originally thought. I wouldn’t recommend this at the full price, but cop it off amazon and also keep an eye out for other work by this writer.
Preview available here.