Tears of the devil

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Today I want to talk about a very short-lived comic book which is very dear to my heart: Dreamweave's Devil May Cry series. This series was, as you may have already guessed, based upon the videogame franchise of the same name. I should probably mention, before I launch into my opinion on these comics that I am big fan of the games, so my views on aspects such as the storyline may not be entirely objective.

The comics take their story from the first game in pretty much a wholesale fashion, with scenes lifted directly from the game's various cutscenes. For anyone who has played the game, this could be seen as something of a turnoff( it's hardly a classic work of fiction.) but the comics manage to inject a certain amount of extra dialogue which keeps up the pace a helps the characters feel slightly less two dimensional.


The main draw of series for me however, was the art, which gave the scenes an almost rustic feel, in keeping with the settings seen within the game. It was heavily penciled, which gave it a kind of Flashback feel which I really enjoyed and which, I feel, is far superior to the more recent manga published by Tokyopop.

As previously mentioned, the series was extremely short-lived(and was actually left unfinished.) and is therefore extremely difficult to get hold of. However, I'm sure that it is floating around the Internet somewhere and I would highly recommend checking it out if you find it.

Until next time,

Panelhopper

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