I'm really, really hoping I can stick with this series. I really like Mike Grell's work, but the subject matter in this series is definitely moving in a direction that is antithetical to my beliefs. We find out that Sable gets his beginnings as a hunter in Africa, leading other hunters on safaris to bring down lions and elephants, etc. This is simply something I can't wrap my head around - never have been able to. What is the fun, the joy, in killing another animal? I can at least understand hunting for resources, but trophy hunting is simply cruelty, a way for a human being to feel powerful.
Again, I'm giving it the benefit of the doubt. Sable is an interesting character, and I'm curious to see how the contemporary story pans out. Sadly, this issue also gives us an example of fridging, in that Sable meets and falls in love with a gymnast who is subsequently, along with his children, killed in retaliation for Sable stopping a group of poachers. We never get any personality from the kids, but his wife seems to be a relatively full-formed character, introduced in the first couple of pages and killed in the last. All in order that Jon Sable become the character he is today.
So, hunting and fridging. I'm keeping an open mind.
More to follow.
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