For a comic creator to take on the task of story creator, illustrator, letterer, and designer is a mighty task, and Jonathan Luna does just this with Image Comics’ Quest #1. Luna and scriptwriter Crystal Wood team up to tell a fantasy epic about demons, romance, and an epic journey. In Quest, Princess Anya and Prince Devyan’s arranged marriage is interrupted by a demonic attack, with the prince abducted in the chaos. While the royal families plan to save him, Anya will not waste time and sets off on a journey with her loyal warriors to save her stolen love.Luna and Wood do not waste time with the action in Quest, quickly introducing the central conflict — demons stealing the prince for mysterious reasons. While the action happens quickly, Luna and Wood do a solid job establishing the character dynamics in an organic way. For instance, Luna’s art captures the genuine love between Anya and Devyan as well as the heartbreak Tor experiences witnessing the ceremony.The downside of Quest kicking off so hard is that the climactic action sequence ends relatively early. Therefore, the second half of Quest loses momentum. While readers do get more of Wood and Luna’s great character work, these pages are a lot of talking, which is a drastic contrast from the beginning, as that was more about showing than telling. Along with that, these later panels can then feel overcrowded by the lettering and speech bubbles.
For a comic creator to take on the task of story creator, illustrator, letterer, and designer is a mighty task, and Jonathan Luna does just this with Image Comics’ Quest #1. Luna and scriptwriter Crystal Wood team up to tell a fantasy epic about demons, romance, and an epic journey. In Quest, Princess Anya and Prince Devyan’s arranged marriage is interrupted by a demonic attack, with the prince abducted in the chaos. While the royal families plan to save him, Anya will not waste time and sets off on a journey with her loyal warriors to save her stolen love.
Luna and Wood do not waste time with the action in Quest, quickly introducing the central conflict — demons stealing the prince for mysterious reasons. While the action happens quickly, Luna and Wood do a solid job establishing the character dynamics in an organic way. For instance, Luna’s art captures the genuine love between Anya and Devyan as well as the heartbreak Tor experiences witnessing the ceremony.
The downside of Quest kicking off so hard is that the climactic action sequence ends relatively early. Therefore, the second half of Quest loses momentum. While readers do get more of Wood and Luna’s great character work, these pages are a lot of talking, which is a drastic contrast from the beginning, as that was more about showing than telling. Along with that, these later panels can then feel overcrowded by the lettering and speech bubbles.
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