{"id":9981,"date":"2014-04-21T18:00:39","date_gmt":"2014-04-21T22:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=9981"},"modified":"2021-03-10T19:17:08","modified_gmt":"2021-03-10T23:17:08","slug":"z-view-undertow-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=9981","title":{"rendered":"Z-View: Undertow #2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2014\/z042114zview_undertow2_cov.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"769\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"> <strong>Undertow<\/strong> is an on-going series created by <strong>Steve Orlando&nbsp;&amp; Artyom Trakhanov<\/strong>&nbsp;published by<strong> Image<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;\">Writer:<strong>&nbsp;<strong>Steve Orlando<\/strong> <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"> Artist: <strong>Artyom Trakhanov<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Cover Artist Shown:&nbsp;<strong style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Artyom Trakhanov<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-style: normal; color: #404347;\">A Sea Locust: thirty feet of armored spines, claws that strike at the speed of sound. And it&#8217;s devastating Ukinnu Alal&#8217;s team by the second. They&#8217;re talking mutiny on the Deliverer, and Bau Zikia&#8217;s the only one standing between them and Uruku&#8217;s sword.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2014\/z042114zview_undertow2_pan.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"363\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">*** Beware \u2013 minor spoilers are found below ***<\/p>\n<p><strong>The&nbsp;Good<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Trakhanov<\/strong>&#8216;s art continues to impress.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Orlando<\/strong>&#8216;s story expands to bring in more characters. &nbsp;We learn more about their motivations and it becomes clear that not everyone is totally on board with&nbsp;<strong style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Redum Anshargal.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The&nbsp;Bad:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">This isn&#8217;t a comic one can read in five minutes. &nbsp;Some readers won&#8217;t like working for their story.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">The coloring is better this issue, but some panels are still a bit dark.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The Ugly:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">I am not a fan of the cover at all.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I liked <strong>Undertow<\/strong>&nbsp;#2 even better than the first issue. Bring on issue 3! <strong>Rating: 4 out of 5<\/strong> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Undertow is an on-going series created by Steve Orlando&nbsp;&amp; Artyom Trakhanov&nbsp;published by Image. 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