Rose

This was a bit disappointing. It's a prequel to the Bone series that I just think was unnecessary. I might have liked it better as it's own thing but I felt some elements didn't make sense within the context of the rest of Bone. Also the art was not great. The original series was drawn by the writer, Jeff Smith, and I don't know why they got a different artist for this one. The characters' faces were inconsistent from panel to panel which was really distracting. Still an interesting story though.

An enjoyable prequel to Bone, Rose does have its limits. While Bone managed to balance the epic with the intimate, Rose ends up feeling slightly rushed. While its hard to keep the same kind of suspense for a prequel where we already know the big reveal, it is a shame that this beautifully illustrated comic does not deliver the same punch as Bone. Also, the ending is actually wrong based on how the characters in Bone talk about the past, which seems a weird continuity mistake.