Beginning a new Sonja epic that will shake the She-devil to her core! In THE FORGIVING OF MONSTERS, PART ONE, the Hyrkanian finds herself aiding a small village against a hideous and bloody infestation, while an enemy from her past threatens to crush her spirit forever!
Red Sonja 13 begins a new arc and it serves as a good jumping-on point for new readers. As always, the writing, the art, the color, and the letters are excellent and combine to make a comic that is full of action, adventure, humor, and thought. The concept of forgiveness, I believe, is going to be played out in multiple ways and the title, "The Forgiveness of Monsters" begs the question, who needs to be forgiven, who is the monster, and can monsters forgive themselves? As always, highly recommended. Read Full Review
Walter and Adriano and Simon are assisted in this issue with covers from Jenny Frison and Renae De Liz, both of whom deliver some really captivating images, especially Renae's utterly badass variant. In the second half, when Sonja gets drunk, Walter plays a bit with the camera angles to reflect her state and those are some fun panels indeed. As before on this series, the primary focus is on the characters themselves, and Walter's characterwork is excellent. He poses his character without going into body contortions and keeps things realistic. The same extends for his backgrounds as well in a way since he doesn't go flashy with them but keeps things impactful and minimal. That works for me. Read Full Review
I am very glad to see that Issue #13 does not suck. It gives me yet another reason to love this title and to recommend it to all. If you desire good action, solid story, and impressive art, then you should hop on aboard and pick up Issue #13. A new arc begins and is ready to continue in making the magic that has been occurring with this title. Read Full Review
Red Sonja#13's tongue in cheek sense of humorapplies to its villainas well. Gail Simone makes Kalas-Ra speakall his dialogue in the third person while referring to himselfas “one”and being simultaneously creepyand pathetic. Geovani gives hima comical cone hat, which contrasts with magical symbolsand the blue lightof his staff. Lucas softens the colors of his clothing, but gives his magic staffan ethereal sheen. This mixed imagery and writing for Kalas-Ra gives hima little bit ofa mystery, which is expounded upon throughout the comic,anda nice part ofa comic which takes its hero to some dark places, but keeps its sense of humorandadventure intact. Read Full Review
Overall, Red Sonja #13 is a strong beginning for yet another promising arc. It's fun to have a curse to take away Sonja's ability to forgive, and it's possible we will see a much darker side of the infamous She-Devil. Read Full Review
Never being able to forgive seems like such an insignificant thing. Sonja herself dismisses it initially, and then shes actually faced with a situation where it affects her, and its situations like that which have the potential to make this the most interesting arc of this book to date. My hopes are high, this could really be something special. Now I just have to be patient and wait for the next issue. Read Full Review
In my humble opinion, if you haven't jumped on the Red Sonja bandwagon, what the heck are you doing? Start reading this series now. Read Full Review
Simone and Geovani continue their winning streak with "Red Sonja" #13 Read Full Review
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