#green lantern columbo coat is my only goal in life

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Far Sector - 2021 Comic

alright so my friend loved this author in high school, found this patrolling the graphic novel section at the library and gave it a whirl. it's... i don't know how to describe it. It's good. It's got a lot of really good things going for it. but it also just feels very... cold. overly academic, almost. like, unlike some other stories, where i love the characters but can't really find a thesis in the work, i can absolutely find the thesis here i just... don't care about it that much. they're talking about the emotion exploit every 5 seconds, the whole plot revolves around it, lack of emotions here, lack of emotions there, it colors every meaningful character interaction. it's like hbomberguy's point about deus ex. like they've got their point, and that's one thing, but literally everyone you see and find is talking about it. there's nothing else going on but that. and i find jo's adventures in romance in here... odd. like she's kinda interested in the councilor because he's taking the emotion drug and that's fine, and she decides she isn't interested in him long term and that's fine also, but the way they go about her being interested in syzn at the end just feels awkward. like they hint at a sort of unresolved romance between the two a lot throughout the story, but we never really see them react beyond business/plot conversations, nothing but conflict between them for like, 95% of the story. and then they're just back to kissing and holding hands? it's not very satisfying, narratively. all that said, this is still fun and pretty well-written, jo is a very fun character to follow because she smashes and brawls only when she has to; letting her deal with conflict scenarios and pushing forward social progress through talking and shit is really great. and the art is just awesome, front to back. detailed, lively, interested, very fun to look at, jo materializing a columbo coat for when it's raining especially tickles me for some reason. so yeah, if you're super big on nk jemisin as an author or you've actually read green lantern comics before this(unlike me) this might be more your jam but it's just pretty good to me, i think.