We are back again with issue #3 of my favorite indie treasure Amelia Sky written by Jermaine Boyd, art by Gwynn Tavares, letters by Kuen Tang and edited by Brittany Matter. It’s great to be back reading Amelia Sky a fantastic series that has been slowly increasing the terror and unease over the first two issues but suddenly cranks the horror all the way up to 11 for issue #3 and doesn’t let up for a moment.
We return to our hapless heroine Amelia, moments after her escape pod crash lands back to earth, waking up in another nightmare situation. Managing to overcome her first scrape with danger Amelia meets up with Aaron who, finding the injured girl, agrees to take her to meet his family at their safe house. Aaron has plenty of ideas about what caused the end of the world and it doesn’t take long for Amelia to realise that Aaron’s safe house may not be as safe as Aaron promises.
Returning again is the magnificent Gwynn Tavares who manages to make the most beautiful art while still tearing the images directly out of my worst nightmares. The art is absolutely haunting, able to instill a feeling of unease with every panel and gives Tavares an oppertunity to show off more of her artistic chops with the introductions of some hardcore gore. Gore can be difficult to portray in comics needing to find the appropriate balance less it becomes either revolting or comedic and with a significant increase in the blood and guts, issue #3 manages to perfectly tread the line between being ghastly and still being readable.
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| I've had this exact nightmare |
With the fate of Elanor and her lovable canine companion Ace currently unknown (#saveace) issue #3 focuses entirely on Amelia and begins to slowly reveal more of her powers and abilities which only unearths more questions about the mysterious girl. As more clues are dropped readers may begin to guess at Amelia’s origins, is she a government experiment, an enhanced cyborg or even human at all? Whatever the answer it is clear there is a deep and complex story unfolding before our eyes.
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| Ugh I hate getting my nails dirty too |
The only downside I truly have with the Amelia Sky series is that I need to wait so long between issues as they are funded through Kickstarter which can mean months between issues and honestly the fact that this series hasn’t been picked up by a publishing company yet is truly a crime.
I give Amelia Sky #3 4.5 out of 5 Aces (#pleasesaveace)
find out more about Amelia Sky here.
