Status Updates From Şeytani + İlahi, Cilt 1: Fa...

"They say if you try and take a photo of her, when you check the shot, nine times out of 10, you'll see a picture of who you're going to fall in love with...

...at the moment of their death."

"She tries her hardest to keep us safe and gives us the very best advice. Like 'Don't reveal yourself -- You'll only end up locked in prison without your cocaine and wearing a pair of frustratingly unerotic fingercuffs.'
I wasn't aware there WAS such a thing."

So far so good

Notes:
(1) This comic, especially the last two issues here, is a great example of how sheer skill at the craft can elevate a decent-if-unimpressive story.
- Both the writing and art feel casual and fresh.
- The art, specifically, being so clean and not-excessively rendered, reminds me a lot of "Y: The Last Man" and "Paper Girls." Quite modern-throwback, if that makes sense.

Notes:
(1) Okay, I feel like I need a degree in comparative mythology to understand all this. Very few things are spelled out for you.
- The Morrigan, for example, being a 3-in-1 goddess is never directly mentioned, but you eventually get the gist.
(2) What's apparent from issue #2 on is that this is a murder mystery.
- Lucifer's been framed, which is a fascinating concept.

Notes:
(1) This one of those premiere issues that I had to stop halfway and start over again. I don't mind, it's a very quick read.
- The first time through, it's like being tossed in the deep end—you're thrown so many characters at once and it's difficult figuring out what's happening.
- The second time, it's still not perfectly clear, but you actually get what's going on.