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This review is from: Dresden Files #3: Welcome to the Jungle (Comic)
When we last left Harry Dresden, he was in a very unenviable position -- being attacked by a massive spectral hound with a maw like a great white's.
And things only go downhill for Harry in the third part of "Dresden Files: Welcome to the Jungle," a suitably spare wizard-noir comic book with Ardian Syaf's amazing artwork. While this brief issue is crammed with plenty of action, Jim Butcher's story has time to stop and reflect on the more human side of his hero, as well as Moe the gentle gorilla. Harry spends a few pages tussling with the Big Bad Black Dog, before putting his kinetic ring to use and making a hasty getaway. Problem is that when a spectral hound is pursuing you, you can't really go all-out in the streets of Chicago -- so Harry has to find an alley where he can really let loose with his magic. But things don't improve when they return to the zoo. Turns out Watson's lab has been burned down, and Murphy isn't really buying the Hecatean hag theory put forth by Bob. To make matters worse, Harry finds that Moe the gorilla has been framed again -- Doctor Reese has been killed, and a very upset Moe is stomping around the office. Now Harry must really put his magic to use to find Watson -- but he may be in for more than he can handle.... One of the nicest things about a short comic book series (assuming it has an actual plot... I'm looking at you, Laurell K. Hamilton!) is that there's no padding and no wasting time. "Welcome to the Jungle" is a perfect example of this -- Jim Butcher has crafted a nice, tight little mystery that never meanders off track, or loses itself in boring details. And the third part is crammed with lots of action and magic -- after a genuinely tense chase through Chicago's streets, we get to see Harry fire-blasting stuff and creating a breathtaking magic circle. But Butcher also interweaves quieter moments like Will comforting the traumatized gorilla, and some snappy dialogue from our hero ("I find it best if I'm gone before Chicago's finest arrive. They always have this pathological need to know who broke all that glass"). But for all his wit, Harry's soft side comes out in full here, such as when he meditates on how poor Moe knows his friend is dead. And Will... acts the way you'd expect a perfectly ordinary zoologist to act if she was suddenly confronted by spectral dogs, blasts of magic fire and a guy who can handle both of them. Sensitive, but not a wuss. Ardian Syaf deserves a special shout-out for bringing this comic book to life, in a style that's detailed, shadowy, colorful and dripping with noir atmosphere. His Harry is exactly as you'd expect (tall, rangy, stubbly and rather shabbily-dressed), and Will looks like a professional woman instead of a cliche sexpot. And the shot of Harry using a magic circle is utterly stunning. The third part of "Dresden Files: Welcome to the Jungle" rushes readers all the way to the cliffhanger, which promises to give us a really explosive climax. Definitely worth checking out.
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