Comics Review: Trees: Three Fates (1 of 2)

Trees: Three Fates #1 by Warren Ellis

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


For awhile there, comic fans thought we might have lost Warren Ellis. His novels seem to be doing well, and his comic work was intermittent and often, obscure.

The 2014-2016 series was proof that he was back. That led into his Wildstorm series for DC, which was dang good (even if we were left scratching our heads about the point of it all). Trees wasn't perfect, but it was a solid start that was more original than 95% of the stuff on the market, and I don't think anyone was disappointed with it.

However, I do know, it felt anticlimactic, so Ellis going back to revisit the idea seems like the right thing to do.

Previous Trees knowledge doesn't seem essential for this book, but it wouldn't hurt. It does feel like a separate story (though Ellis claims it's a continuation.)

Art by Jason Howard is fantastic. It's that cliche again- it doesn't feel like you're reading a traditional comic.

Since it likely was planned as a story arc and not an actual five issue series, this issue isn't really that flashy.

It opens with a scene that is strong enough. The closing leaves us with a cliffhanger. The pages in between do their part. It is tough, because artistically, it makes sense to do big scenes and hand it over to Howard. The problem is if you do too much of that, then you don't feel like you get enough value for your money (as an aside, for $3.99 with no ads, it's priced right).

It doesn't though - good deal of dialogue and action. It should satisfy readers of Trees



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