Gideon Falls #18 Review

Writer: Jeff Lemire / Artist: Andrea Sorrentino / Image Comics We’re in part 2 of 5 of the “Pentoculus Arc” of Gideon Falls, and it’s crystal clear that Lemire and Sorrentino have decided that they’re going to continue one-uping themselves in increasingly dramatic fashions. It’s not like they haven’t continually escalated from the story’s beginnings, but the “Pentoculus Arc” feels both like it be could the end of the series proper or the jumping off point of even more incredulous dimensional horror. And regardless, we’re getting a thrilling narrative and mind-bending art every page, so you’ll have no complaints from me either way. The work is absolutely stellar and demonstrates how much the series has evolved since its first issue. The dual narratives of Gideon Falls proceed in equal measure where Norton Sinclair sorry, I mean Danny Sutton is continuing his reunion with his separated family and the fact that his real father has killed someone after seeing the Smiling Man. Meanwhile Father Fred and Wendy are continuing their conversation with the good Bishop about the parallel realities of Gideon Falls and the weird theological implications of the monstrosities of the Black Barn. Lemire presents a very cerebral plot that centers the pathos of the characters on their respective traumas and desire to overcome them. Each of the characters has seen increasingly terrible things and want to protect their friends and family from such blatant evil, and this singular drive to solve thi…