It's tough to get over the novelty of seeing Gilbert Hernandez and Darwyn Cooke' collaborating on a comic. The pairing has yet to disappoint, as Twilight Children has quickly established itself as the best of a strong crop of new Vertigo titles. Read Full Review

The plot deepens and so does the little fishing village's amorous connections as a mysterious new woman appears in the wake of the storm from the last issue. There's lots of intrigue and some punching in this issue, but really it's just a pleasure to look at, as Hernandez and Cooke's story is so well-paced and draws you in despite not having learned a lot about the suddenly-appearing glowing orbs. You should check this comic book out if you like comics, and if you don't like comic books then this comic may change your mind. Read Full Review

Since so much of the storytelling occurs through Hernandez's dialogue and through Cooke's well-composed panels, the most apt comparisons come from theater. The material of "The Twilight Children" is the same as that of Modernist playwrights like Eugene O'Neill or Edward Albee's preoccupations -- betrayals, trauma, childhood, loss -- but, unlike those playwrights, Hernandez seldom allows these sources of anguish to soar into showy, cathartic truth-telling soliloquies. His style and treatment of his subjects is more like Thornton Wilder's approach: seemingly simpler and cooler, less raw, more meandering and earnest, with more optimistic conclusions and tidy mysticism. Read Full Review

Damn, everyone keeps getting exploded, must be all this sexual energy permeating this little town.

Looks great, but needs to pick up the pace.