Red Sitha, the adopted daughter of Red Sonja, has her own book. Red Sonja: Red Sitha #1 is from Dynamite.
Writers Mirka Andolfo and Luca Blengino drop us through a glass window in Tarantia, the capital of the kingdom of Aquilonia, where Sitha is rescuing a kidnapped woman. Sitha needs the cash. But Sitha stumbles upon a primitive ceremony of sacrifice, and all hell breaks loose.
It’s loose, this issue, with its ’seat of the trousers’ approach to storytelling. Sitha is aggressive and chatty, quick with the retort and the sword. But she’s basically unrattled in her chainmail, unharmed in her armour. We aren’t really worried about her surviving all these trials and challenges. And she’s not the least bit worried either. No biggie. And that’s where the antics wear a little thin.
Valentina Pinti’s page layouts are awkward sometimes, with montages of small figures awkwardly competing for our attention. Compositions and choreography are a bit puzzling at times, where the reader is befuddled as to what in Crom is going on. Colourist Chiara Di Francia sticks to murky colours, with plenty of hard-edged facial shadows, making the grey lighting seem harsh. The lettering by Jeff Echleberry is a solid contribution that helps level the ship and provide some stability on this madcap money-making adventure for Red Sitha, the unworried.
Dynamite, Red Sonja: Red Sitha #1, $3.99 for 26 pages of content
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