The Teen Titans: Beast Boy Loves Raven preview does a good job setting up its characters and storyline for the full-length graphic novel coming out in September. Like the images, they’re easy on the eyes and don’t throw a lot of noise at you, making this an even more relaxed read. They’re all good sizes and don’t intrude on the characters. The letters by Downie are clear and fit in with the subdued aesthetic of the comic. Calderon’s colors reach a good standard here and in other areas, allowing the New Orleans that Gar and Rachel are in to feel truly lived-in. Additionally, there’s a great variety of skin tones throughout the issue. The constant white background highlights the figures in the story well, including Gar’s light clothing vs. Picolo and Calderon’s images fit the subdued storytelling with great use of a cooler and almost impressionistic color palette and simple lining. It’s almost like a slice-of-life comic, only with superpowered teens.
She humorously moves along in the story, particularly when Gar begins to fall for a girl he’s barely even met. Garcia clearly knows the core of these characters well and gives enough backstory for each that isn’t overwhelming. Gar is a sweet vegetarian kid who thinks getting a cowboy hat would make him look cool, while Rachel is the daughter of a demon who wears a “Black is my happy color” t-shirt. There’s relaxed and subdued energy to this first part of the story, showing Gar and Rachel as normal (albeit runaway and superpowered) teenagers who happen to have miraculous abilities.
With Garcia having written these characters before in their independent graphic novels, she knows them very well, and it’s very clear from the dialogue she writes. The Teen Titans: Beast Boy Loves Raven preview is written by Kami Garcia, with art by Gabriel Picolo, colors by David Calderon, and letters by Gabriela Downie. In the upcoming Teen Titans: Beast Boy Loves Raven graphic novel, readers will be able to find out what happens during their first chance encounter. Rachel Roth (AKA Raven) and Garfield “Gar” Logan (AKA Beast Boy) are two normal superpowered teenagers who both seek out a mysterious “Slade” to help them with their meta-predicament.
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