![]() ![]() With the moral of the story introduced by the Storyteller at the start, there is some predictability about how ‘One Spared to the Sea’ plays out, but Webb ensures it doesn’t conform entirely to expectation by the convincing introduction of childhood fears. Sarah Webb’s superb drawings have the look of book illustration about them, with charming children and a lovely depiction of seaside conditions where the danger can appear rapidly and without warning. Despite that, among an exceptionally strong selection this is the weakest story due to the distanced approach, the emotional connection with Nuwa never strong. The art is simple cartooning, and very effective, while also maintaining a Far Eastern look. ![]() It’s an interesting view of human frailty, but one considerably removed from the theme of Sirens. Here the shape changing Nuwa is creator of all humanity in a bid to ease her loneliness. The ancient Chinese fairy tale adapted by Chan Chau may have also been the inspiration for Wonder Woman’s original origin as being shaped from the clay of the Earth. Rebelka’s cartooning conveys the strong emotions all the way to a great ending. Syztybor takes the interesting route of drawing exact parallels between the Storyteller and his dog, and the tale he’s telling, which is a morality fable about never being content with what you have. It’s also the first to have a writer, Bartosz Syztybor, separate from an artist, Jakub Rebelka, but such is their synthesis you’d never know if both weren’t credited. More so than any other story in the series to date ‘The Mermaid and the Fisherman’ has a tragic melancholy at its heart. Archaia have stretched the boundaries for the theme, but again present four excellent artists largely unknown to the comic reading public. Given that the earlier books in this series adapting fairy tales featured dragons, fairies, giants and witches, it would seem the creators contributing to Sirens had to search more diligently for their source material. ![]()
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