MINISERIES CONCLUSION Concluding the story of superhero fiction gone wrong with the final confrontation between Diana and Ethan, between agents and operators from splintered timelines, and between Darius Dax and the nature of the universe. Many questions have been asked, and the answers will kill people.
It's actually a surprisingly poignant ending but one that's as abrupt as the issue that lead up to it. It's also firmly rooted in setting up the possibility of future stories, potentially following a more "traditional" superhero story. It's an appropriate ending to a mini-series as focused on story and transformation as Supreme: Blue Rose, so while this final issue has its weaknesses it finishes strong. Read Full Review
Supreme Blue Rose has been one hell of a ride through semi-formed ideas and the actual process of story building. While the pacing made this finale feel slightly choked at the bottleneck of unused ideas (purposefully, it could perhaps be argued), as a whole, this incredibly gorgeous and thought-provoking miniseries has successfully bolstered the fascinating study that the Supreme conceptual legacy has become. Read Full Review
The problem with big branching metaphysical works like these is that these narratives always sound much better in the head of the author than when they are seen by others. This series stinks of one that needed more issues to flesh it out. Why it was relegated to seven good entries and one awful one is not something I can figure out myself. Even the art, something that had been knocking it out of the park in previous issues, is humdrum and muted here. It is all blurry linework, pointless flashes and our good friend blank space. And this is a line of advice to all budding metaphysics writers. When you have a big old reset at the end of your work, it renders everything that came before it meaningless. Give it a miss folks. Read Full Review
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