"SONIC YOUTH," Conclusion
The second arc of bestselling JEFF LEMIRE's critically acclaimed new series takes a major shift as the story jumps back to the year 1993 and we follow the last week in the life of Tommy Pike! Meet the Pike siblings when they were all just teenagers in the '90s and the tragedy that will come to haunt their family is still in the future.
Each issue in this arc will feature a special variant cover paying homage to some of the best indie rock albums of the 1990s, featuring stellar artwork by JEFFREY BROWN (Jedi Academy), EMI LENOX (PLUTONA), NATE POWELL (March), RAY FAWKES (UNDERWINTER) and DUSTIN NGUYEN (DE more
'Royal City' #10 masterfully brings it's best story arc to date to a satisfying and emotionally impactful ending, still leaving us with questions and resonating feelings. Read Full Review
Royal City isn't afraid to show the pain that many people go through and that's why these characters feel so real. Read Full Review
Despite all of this I wouldn't consider Royal City #10 to be a particularly bad issue. Lemire's dialogue is still great throughout a majority of this issue especially during Tara and Steve's abortion discussion and Lemire's pros is stellar during Patti's monologue. But once again none of it feels like it meshes as well as it could have. Hopefully, Lemire is able to tie it all together with a fittingly melancholic and emotional ribbon as in this arc's final issue. Read Full Review
Do yourself a favour if you’re not reading this book and go buy it now!! Some of Jeff Lemire’s best work here, I will say this issue could have used an extra page or two to really give some extra emotional weight, but it was still a solid end to this story arc and I’m excited to see what this book brings when it’s back at the end of May
This arc has had Tommy communicating more with the audience through the “narration” of his journal. This device is worked particularly well at the end of the book, raising more questions for those that have been answered thus far.
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