Revival, Vol. 5 : Gathering Of Waters by Tim SeeleyMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
After a brief dip in the fourth volume, Revival kicks it back into gear with a fantastic fifth volume. Tim Seeley and Mike Norton continue their "rural noir" exploration in great style.
I was a little worried after it felt like the fourth volume was starting to stall things that Revival was going to be spinning its wheels a bit; I'm happy to be proven so very wrong. Seeley and Norton are firing on all cylinders, now. They've taken a genre that has been done to death, and they're breathing new life into it, and taking it in unexpected new directions. It's hard to imagine that I'd be talking about how excited I am to be reading an ongoing series about zombies in the tail end of 2015, but there it is. Seeley is really engaging with a lot of interesting ideas, and I'm genuinely excited to see where it goes. This is probably the best "new" book I've read so far this year (new to me, at least).
Once again, Norton turns in excellent work on the art. The biggest black mark in this collection, sadly, falls on his shoulders. Near the end of the collection, at a particularly pivotal moment, there are four pages that appear to have been done by a fill-in artist, and it really mars an otherwise amazing collection. The fill-in artist lacks any of Norton's subtlety, and the characters take on a far more cartoonish appearance. Given the importance of the scene, it's a particularly glaring change.
Other than that, though, this is pretty amazing work. If you're not reading this yet, you damn well ought to be.
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