Initial Notes: Animal Man #1 (November 2011)

Opens with a page-long interview with Buddy Baker, also known as Animal Man. He indicates that he intends to change the world, to make a better world for animals, and he feels that he's more able to do that as an activist than as a vigilante.



The art in this issue, by Travel Foreman, is a bit different from the usual--flatter, sort of, but it's not a bad thing; it's striking. The issue also has a nice dream segment in greyscale, with some red for emphasis--very nice.



The final page is somewhat disturbing: Baker's daughter, it appears, has been collecting dead animals. She only wanted, she says, to have a pet of her own. This bizarre scene ties in somewhat with Baker's dream, so it's both creepy and ominous. Well done.

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