Owens, Eric – Touched #2

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Touched #2

Why is it that so many of the comics folks out of Columbus don’t believe in punctuation? Something in the water? It’s just disconcerting to see sentences floating around in word bubbles with no sign of when there are pauses, or endings, or anything like that. It’s not all over the place here, and maybe I’m overreacting just a little, but I’m entitled to do that every now and then. This is #2 of a 12 part story, and you can stay caught up with it by reading the website. I chose not to read the first issue, as plenty of people who are going to pick this up probably aren’t going to bother to read it either, and I wanted to see if I could follow along. Terrorists have apparently attacked a research lab, resulting in the loss of communications of all kinds all over the U.S. Chaos is undoubtedly ensuing, but most of the issue is spent with the two main characters of the book, Alan and Alyssa. Alan is a mountain of a man, although apparently only a child. Alyssa is where the action is, as she has the power to make anyone do what she says and is apparently on a mission to kill from GOD. Too early to tell what’s really going on here, but I’m intrigued. Work out the minor technical problems and there’s something to see here. It’s a couple of bucks and, like I said, you can read to your heart’s content on the website, if you’d rather check it out for free…