And Then I Read: THE DREAMING #16

Image © DC Comics. Written by Simon Spurrier, art & colors by Marguerite Sauvage, letters by Simon Bowland, cover by Yanick Paquette & Nathan Fairbairn

In the second part of “The Crown,” Dora finds herself trapped in a house with a wealthy man on life support, a man who tore her down in the past. The house is both high tech and full of magic. She also finds out more about her own true nature, and from a computer program, more about what’s really going on in The Dreaming. The nature and persona of the computer program is the last and perhaps most interesting revelation.

I like the art of Marguerite Sauvage in this issue, though it does tend to look more like fashion design than comics to me in some places, and her vision of Dora is rather different than Bilquis Evely’s. Still, the storytelling and drama are well done in a challenging issue where not much physical movement is going on.

Recommended.