r/ImageComics • u/MrBwriteSide70 • 2d ago

Discussion Kill Your Darlings? Thoughts?

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Just finished reading this and Im curious everyone’s thoughts. Not gonna post spoilers but my main frustration was the final chapter felt like a rush to the end. There was so much build up and then MILLION MILES PER HOUR. I appreciated the original story mixing fantasy with horror (even if some was more graphic than I personally prefer.) What does everyone else think?

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u/JooksKIDD 2d ago

it started good but ended kinda mid. i can’t lie

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u/MrSarcastica 22h ago

Its was so weirdly paced. It seemed like it was building to something in the first few issues. Then it just kind of revealed everything in one issue. It needed a longer run fo ir to have worked properly

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u/Fearless_Mix2772 2d ago

Good stuff but ya this would have been so good at 10-12 issues with more breathing room.

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u/MrBwriteSide70 2d ago

Yeah, it felt like issue 7 should have been the end of the arc. 8 years later could have been a good way to do maybe a 4-5 issue concluding arc

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u/Fearless_Mix2772 2d ago

The team that did this have two awesome comics out right now, Blink and You’ll Miss It and Godzilla: Escape the Dead Zone

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u/Envy_onTHE_Toast 1d ago

Definitely liked it, but i also have some bias because i was listening to these dudes on a podcast with donny cates and ryan stegman like 7 years ago and it was cool to see them put out their first title

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u/RobotJQ 1d ago

Thanks for reading. :)

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u/MrBwriteSide70 1d ago

Appreciate the story! Would enjoy some more

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u/RobotJQ 1d ago

I don’t like to speak for Ethan and Griffin, but I think we’d all like to make more. :)

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u/Khorflir 1d ago

I loved most of the characters in this book. The art was awesome, would have liked some more issues just to build on the characters and the fantasy world more deeply, places, groups/people, etc

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u/Plucky_ducks 1d ago

I haven't read this but, I find in most fiction a really good ending is rare thing.

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u/Proper_Tax6923 1d ago

I loved the start…. I honestly can’t even remember how it ended. So that must mean it wasn’t bad enough for me to hate remember but also not good enough to stay in my brain.

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u/AnotherAtom80 1d ago

Loved the beginning, loved the art, loved a lot about it but agree about the ending. Magic system got kind of soft if I remember correctly. The Moon Is Following Us was very similar and really nailed the landing.