The assist robot in Simon Birk’s and Tom eddy’s “Gone†continues her search for any signs of life in the second issue. While the first issue’s strong writing style and interesting stream of conscious are what make it interesting, this second issue takes all that away. The result is a loss of the comics charm.
Taking place immediately after Part One, the assist robot continues its search for any living creature on the ship. While searching, it starts to recount some disturbing event that happened in that ship’s past that may have had a huge impact on the current situation.
After the strong start, the first issue had, this one’s a bit of a letdown. The writing style is strong, but the contents of the writing aren’t all that interesting. The beginning is the most like the previous issue, but then the writing starts to slip. The background given comes off as just basic science fiction “everything went to hell.â€
One of the worst things about this issue is the ending. It will leave the reader saying “huh?†not just because of what happens, but because of the symbolism. It takes the reader out of the story. Hard.
The is the still the basic style but works for this comic. One of the newest additions to the artwork is actual humans. The human designs are OK. The blocky style this comic has makes the humans look like humans in early DOS games. As with the previous issue, the writing is better than the art.
“Gone Issue 2†takes a dip in the writing department with not so interesting background story and a confusingly weird ending. What started off as a great stream of conscious story has slowly devolved into basic, forgettable science fiction. Even with the addition of humans to the comic, it still doesn’t live up to the writing.
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