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G.I. Joe SPECIAL Helix Review
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08-13-2009, 02:15 PM
artiepants
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Shin Densetsu
IDW’s work with the special title text is impressive and quite fitting for this special 1-shot.
the cover is totally sick, but i've got issues with this: Like most of IDWs graphic design, the cover text here is just atrocious.
"Special" is just strange hanging where it is, with the wierd blue Hacks following it ~ i find it odd they used the same slab face for "Special" as GIJoe, but then used a different face for HELIX, with cheesy photoshop FX (especially noticeable since the rest of the logo elements are "flat")
to my eye, "Special" and "Helix" should have been more graphically tied, this reads:
GIJoe
special
HELIX
instead of:
"GIJoe Special: Helix"
(trying to graphically illustrate the "feel" of the disconnect there)
I'm also mystified as to why they wouldn't use their "Spotlight" branding that they've used on Transformers (and i think they have upcoming Joe ones too, right?)
and WHAT are they doing with the IDW logo? i mean, that things an eyesore to begin with, but then calling more attention to it by putting awkwardly slanted Red Stars in it (i get that they are the same stars as the Joe logo, but without the context they just look weird) plus the inconsistent line weights around the logo and the text under it, and the way it lines up awkwardly with the Joe logo (being a squared off logo sitting next to the right slanted Joe logo).
It's just an amatuerish mess IMHO.
I do like the device they used to add the Helix type to the bottom, it feels like a natural addition, but even there, where the mirrored the angle of the letters in GIJoe, it leaves an awkward space to the left of the 'H' in Helix.
but again, the art there is beyond gorgeous. Makes me want to go buy the figure.
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