LIT REVIEW:

BIRDS OF PREY, ISSUE NO. 15

30 JAN 2013

 

"Issue #15 marked the end of the ladies’ trip to Japan. It was no doubt one of the worst holidays they’d ever been on, but it was quite entertaining for the rest of us, even more so if you like ninjas. If you like ninjas, you really should try and get your hands on the three issue story, because dear heavens, there have been a lot of ninjas.
You might think three issues of ninjas would be slightly tiresome, and I did, but issue #15 changed my mind. Ryp guested on pencils, and from the first page his cinematic artwork energised the story.  I wasn’t completely sold on his extremely tousled portrayal of Black Canary’s hair (and we are talking ‘80’s tousled) and the airport waiting lounge sequence was a visual anti-climax. But then, to be fair to him, how exactly do you make airports impressive..."