I got a few Edginton comics signed from my collection and being a sucker for anything Sherlock I bought the ‘Baskerviile’ book too. Now being an adaptation of a book the story is already on good ground and they’ve done nothing to compromise it. The thing that stood out about the book to me though was the work that went into it and the vision that seems to exist between Edginton and Culbard.

The lettering and art absolutely fit and in the cases of flashbacks they had found an excellent way of presenting the speech heavy flashbacks etc.

See in the panel above how the silhouette a character bookends the tale that is being told and the speech balloons join to the caption box. It may sound like a silly thing to pick out but it’s this kind of attention to detail that just made this book an absolute joy to read, despite already knowing the story.

It’s also that sort of thing that so often doesn’t factor when writing a script, in this book though I’m pretty sure there must have been some thought about it upfront. I guess this is part of the reason that I’ve dabbled in lettering and colouring, for a tighter control and influence on the end product, things like the above really amaze me when I see them. Small touches that are just out of the ordinary but serve the story rather than being done for the hell of it.

I hope one day one of my books will make someone else feel the same.

Cheers
Chris