Translucid #5 Written by Claudio Sanchez and Chondra Echert Art by Daniel Bayliss Published by Boom! Studios I’m gonna miss this comic once it’s gone. It has been one of the best superhero comics I’ve read in a while, simple because it is bringing something new to the genre. Issue #5 of Translucid continues dissecting …
Translucid #4 is another chapter in the history of the Navigator, and demonstrates the way that the Navigator has used his superheroics to ignore all of his own problems for far too long. Translucid continues to be a brilliant critique of the superhero genre and the characters that make it up.
Translucid #3 Written by Claudio Sanchez and Chondra Echert Illustrated by Daniel Bayliss Published by Boom! Studios Translucid is the series that continues to defy easy summaries or explanations, which is why it remains so intriguing. Sanchez and Echert depict another episode in the early life of the Navigator and why Horse is …
More and more, Translucid is reminding me of Adventure Time. If that doesn’t get you to start reading this comic, I don’t know what will. The comic can abruptly shift between the familiar “real” world and the more fantastical world of the hero, and the writers appear very comfortable in moving from the more innocent moments of childhood to darkness. This issue twists our understanding of the story, leaving very little room to trust what the writers of this comic are showing us. Still, what we can see is some of the backstory for the young boy as well as Horse and Navigator.
Translucid #1 is like one of those captivating dreams whose import is obvious to you but you struggle to explain to other people. It’s beautiful in parts, strange in others, and disturbing in brief stretches. Claudio Sanchez and Chondra Echert At its core, the book is about a basic idea: the relationship between a superhero and a supervillain. Yet it’s also about codependency, our childhood dreams, and what gives a hero motivation to do what he does.