WAYWARD #7
IMAGE COMICS – @ImageComics
STORY: Jim Zub – @jimzub
ART: Steve Cummings – @stekichikun
COLORS: Tamra Bonvillain – @TBonvillain
LETTERS: Marshall Dillon – @MarshallDillon
COVER: Steve Cummings with Tamra Bonvillain
VARIANT COVER: Sie Nanahara
28pp, Color, $3.50 U.S.
The latest issue of Image Comics'
Wayward is in comic book shops today (Wednesday, April 29, 2015). The comic book, which launched late last summer, is set in Japan and features those creatures of Japanese folklore,
yokai.
Wayward is the creation of writer
Jim Zub and artist
Steve Cummings. Wayward focuses on
Rori Lane, a half-Irish/half-Japanese teen girl, who is trying to start a new life in Japan with her mother, Sanae. Instead, Rori finds herself connected to the magic and ancient creatures that lurk in the shadows of Tokyo.
Wayward #7 (“Chapter Seven”) continues the focus on
Ohara Emi, a high school girl to whom most people pay little or no attention. Now, she does have people paying attention to her,
Ayane and
Nikaido, two teens who are part of Rori Lane's little monster-hunting band.
With the arrival of
Obon, the Japanese festival of the dead, Ayane wonders what has happened to Rori and
Shirai, who were lost during a battle with several powerful creatures. Meanwhile, these “corrupted children” are the subject of a meeting between
Nurarihyon and other yokai, who are themselves in for quite a surprise.
In a bid to keep the word going about his comic book, Wayward writer/co-creator, Jim Zub, sent out an advanced review PDF copy of Wayward #7. I like this comic book and support it by buying copies, even after reading it for free.
Recently, someone said that Wayward is the next Saga. I wouldn't know, as I have yet to read Saga, but if it is as good as Wayward, then, I must read it immediately. This seventh issue of
Wayward is, so far, the best issue of the new story arc. Sometimes, comic books about magic don't feel very magical. Like
The Sandman, this series has a sense of enchantment about it that is... well, enchanting. I heartily recommend... Oh, the hell with it. Read this, dammit!
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[Wayward #7 contains another engrossing essay, “Obon – The Festival of the Dead,” by Zack Davisson (@ZackDavisson).]
Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux
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