Created on June 26, 2011 and written by StephenJondrew
Category: Comic Book Reviews

Rating: 5/5
Publisher Name: Arcana
Publisher Website: http://www.arcana.com/

Writer: Stephen Snyder & Sean O’Reilly
Pencils: B.C. Hailes
Colors: Eve
Number of Pages: 103
Price: 14.95
Color: Color
Safety Content Label: A – Appropriate for age 9 and up.

Publisher’s Blurb:
Historian David Marcus spent his entire life studying one single day. In 2010, the prime minister of Israel was assassinated in what was dubbed the “Longest Day in History.” The events that followed were linear, ominous and unstoppable. Never before has the ‘new interconnected world’ participated in such a global crisis watching. The world simply watched online as nuclear weapons dropped. 2068. One astrophysicist had the theory that a small ship passing close enough to the Singularity could be catapulted back in time. The risk was low – one ship and seven crew members, mostly military special-ops soldiers from the war – and the rewards were great. David Marcus must now be the historian that changes history.

Reviewer’s Comments:
When I recently was sent Aracana’s Continuum to review it sounded like something that I would enjoy reading – the book didn’t disappoint. I had recently heard that the feature rights to Continuum had been optioned and after reading this I completely understand why they were.

Continuum is a well written time travel story with every panel executed excellently. There are many subtle pieces in this book that help drive the story and connect with the reader – some are writing and some are art. One example in the writing occurs when several panels of dialogue is dedicated to conversation in another language. Although I didn’t understand the dialogue I found it helped move the story powerfully and effectively. One example on the art side occurs close the start of Continuum when the soldiers come out of hibernation and one of the soldiers is seen stretching. Often both of these examples are seen in film but not in comics – I’m glad Continuum featured elements like this.

As I began reading Continuum I was very fearful that it was going to be a story about terrorism. Although the base of the plot is terrorism oriented I found that the terrorism portion was used more of scene-dressing rather than the focal point of the book. I personally don’t enjoy stories that feel like government propaganda so I am happy to say that Continuum did NOT feel like this. Continuum perfectly balances the terrorism plot and the sci-fi time travel aspect of the story. I also found that there were just enough plot-twists and turns that kept me wanting read more.

Overall I really enjoyed Continuum and suggest that readers check it out. I think it is a great read in comics, and I think that if a feature film does get made it will make a great film as well.

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