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The Intimates #1

By Hervé St-Louis
December 27, 2004 - 13:34

The Intimates is set in the Wildstorm universe where parents send kids to a super hero academy much like the X-Men’s or Chris Giarrusso's G-MAN. The series’ relies on the readers’ prior knowledge of the super hero’s genre to take off and introduce us a new class of misfits. Like many current comics dealing with super heroes, there’s a revisionism flair attempting to define super folks.

Casey writes The Intimates much like a teen soap opera, although so far, we’re only introduced to the good guys. They don’t have adversaries, like the New Mutants’ Hellions. The gang is your typical band. There’s the big strong guy, the hot head, the fat girl, the sexy girl, and the weird kid in the back who doesn’t say a word. Captions added throughout the book provide more insights on the characters.

My first criticism is the colouring. Although the colorist may find it cool, yellow captions with white texts don’t work well for comics read at night. Your mileage will vary with natural day light. Combined with red and black lettering within the same caption, it’s a recipe for disaster. Camuncoli is a fine Jim Lee-like artist. Perhaps better than his master and with more solid forms.

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