“Hunters” Is A Cleverly Crafted Concoction of World Building And Talent

Created and Edited by: Paul Maybury, Josh Tierney / Hunters Constume Designer: Afu Chan / Featuring: Miguel Valderrama, Carlos Valderrama, Devin Kraft, Anas Awad, Meg Gandy, Jared Morgan, Irene Koh, Kyla Vanderklugt, Benjamin Marra, Alexis Ziritt, Travel Foreman, Carlos Carrasco, Vlad Gusev, and Ramon Sierra / Lion Forge Comics I have not read a graphic novel quite like Hunters and I think it’ll be quite some time before another story captures my attention like this particular anthology. What starts out with a dynamic shot of a ship sailing through treacherous waters housing a group of hunters of different backgrounds quickly evolves into a series of fascinating character studies that all contribute to the central arc set up by Maybury and Tierney.

The very format of the book, a series of 15 stories featuring different authors and artists, quickly takes advantage of the diverse creative teams. Each vignette has a unique visual style and tells a self-contained story, unified by the overarching narrative and Afu Chan’s costume design. The stories bleed into one each other and while the visual shift can be jarring at times it creates a unique comic experience as the outfits are more than enough to identify the characters throughout the different styles. By its third vignette, Hunters establishes itself as a story about stories and becomes a unique anthropological delve into the nature of the artistic tradition. Different characters are perceived very differently depending on …