Teen Titans # 38 Review
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Writer: Geoff Johns
Pencils: Carlos Ferreira
Ok, if you all have listened to the podcast once or twice you know I LOVE Johns/Daniels run of Teen Titans, some would say to an unhealthy degree, which is why it pains me to even write this review. Delayed already issue 38 of Teen Titans came out this week. At first glance I saw the Tony Daniels cover and assumed naturally he was doing the rest of it.....what the...what the heck is this crap. Why does Wonder Girl look like Dolly Freaking Parton, what the heck is up with Robin's hair on that first page. Yes folks to my dismay Daniels just did the cover and they got Carlos Ferreira doing the rest of the artwork. With all due respect to Mr. Ferreiras' style STAY AWAY FROM TEEN TITANS. Every single freaking page made me wanna start running out into the streets screaming, and not in a good, I WON THE LOTTERY, way.
Firstly Geoff Johns was great, let me just get that outta the way, there is not a thing wrong with the writing whatsoever. Ok now that I have gotten that outta the way...the art. Ferreira's style is reminscent of John Byrnes' ala Blood of the Demon, this is not a good thing to me. First off there is one giant thing missing from all of the art in this issue, DETAIL. Facial expressions seem bare at times and I kept having images of flight safety cartoons going through my head as I looked at this issue. Ok so what else? Hair; apparently everybody is having a bad hair day and in the case of Red Star he goes temporarily bald in one panel even. One other thing that you notice from time to time is that the Teen Titans have apparently been putting on the pounds, especially in the face, (see page 26 and 27). I know all of this stuff seems nitpicky but, when the art gets to the point to where I almost put the issue down, that's not a good sign. In closing I thought this book was ok but, likely could have been better with Tony Daniels doing the art, this is just not a book Ferreira's style gels well with, least not at the moment. C+
I had the same reaction as you did. Tony Daniel! NOT! I didn't think the art was that bad, Robin in this issue reminded me of Don Kramer's Robin in the Face-the-Face arc, so I enjoyed it a little more than you did. I totally saw the hair missing too, I was like WTF!