Something I appreciated here was that we are pulled into the sense of the unknown and we feel just as anxious and confused as Nathan and Marshall. This is where the title really earns its mark because of the art and colors that we are treated to radiates off the page. This miniature orb of a black hole gives Nathan the abilities and “armor” although there’s more to this that I’m sure Higgins will touch on later. This is no event horizon, like what we’ve grown accustomed to in the sci-fi genre. I will spare you some of the details for you to read on your own but, Nathan is overtaken by a small black hole, yes, A BLACK HOLE. Mind you, there’s a grey area there somewhere, but, you can instantly tell there are history and a friendship that hasn’t faded regardless of what life has taken them. I’m a firm believer that the best friend one can have is an honest friend. In comes Marshall, the friend any of us would be lucky to have. I’m not sure if this is fueled by personal experience on Higgins’s behalf or just the natural understanding of how constantly the business of writing is evolving. Higgins continues to drive the constant reminder of feeling aimless and lacking purpose. Costa follows this up with a series of panels that encapsulates Nathan’s slow defeat through his facial expressions.įast forward to a week later and we are introduced to his overbearingly supportive mother and the father, a realist who does his best to support a son who’s very clearly going through a life-altering personal struggle. Why will banks only lend us money when we have money? Higgins does a spectacular job of writing a character we can instantly feel empathetic for. On the brink of financial ruin, Nathan asks the million-dollar question. I’m not talking about Anakin Skywalker turning to the dark side broke, but more-so, Eeyore with a rain cloud hanging over his head broken. From the first few pages, we see that the pursuit of writing has left him broken. He followed his dream, and it remained nothing but a dream. Many of us have found ourselves in situations that truly test our will, it’s a climb that many of us will always look up at in defeat. Something I did not expect was to see was such a relatable character. I went into this book expecting to see particular groundwork that we can sometimes see in an origin story.
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