WE’RE FREE! I’M FREE! THE ART IS ACTUALLY READABLE! HURRAY! HUZZAH! sorry. This isn’t about the weeping angels anymore. I know. wont happen again no yes o7

Ah, you know what, let’s start with the art again. Art, not perfect, but SUCH a breeze after last story. I don’t think the balance between cartoony and realistic is struck completely rightly, but that’s a matter of taste. Some panel structuring I thought was unnecessarily overdone and bordering on confusing, but maybe I’m just stupid, so who cares, really. The characters aren’t as fluid or dynamic as I think they could be, but it’s not bad at all, and there’s a real sense of danger and scale conveyed in the panels, especially with the onomatopoeia. Because oh my god, that, that, is so incredibly cool. So amazingly done. The way the sound literally visually overwhelms the reader is masterfully pulled off. Like I genuinely feel noise overstimulation in a comic book. The way it can go from a background element into getting a bit of a noticeable emphasis, to becoming obscuring for the reader, and how that’s used in making us feel trapped with the characters, goshhhh it’s just so brilliant. I love it so much. It’s so awesome, and I really think a concept like this, with such great execution in the visual department is deserving of exploration and experimentation in a larger story with more plot.

Because so far, I don’t think I like Morrison as a comic book writer. Because simply said, this story has almost no plot. There is danger, running to place, problem solved with magic. So you think Okay. Then we’re going to get to see stuff for our characters. Gabby is back home, lets see how the last few (currently two, but knowing Doctor Who writers, in a few years time we’ll have extra adventures slotted in there, hear you me. I hope at least, in my opinion that’d be awesome) trips have been for her and how in retrospect she fee- oh. Oh. Okay never mind then. We’re not doing that. We’re gonna run around and jump on motorbikes and have action set pieces again. Okay we’re going to have alien baddies who just appear and do nothing but be obtrusive for both the Doctor and ME because they’re genuinely just an annoying non-presence in the story. They’re here to be baddies for the sake of being baddies, and on top of that, they’re woefully uninteresting, sorry not sorry. I can see an idea there, but they’re so laughably underdeveloped (they’re LITERALLY in a total of 15 panels! That’s including when they’re unspeaking dots on the page!) that I barely remember that they’re there. They don’t seem to belong. Even visually, they look like they were designed to be as unappealing as possible, the type of beast you would find in a chocolate egg, and would think interesting of for only a few minutes, but also didn’t want to throw away because it was a little green alien, but also, your guardian was right, and you should probably have. These goombas have so little story presence that I’m baffled they even took the time to include them! I don’t know what they do! I don’t know why Morrison thought for even a second that they were more interesting than the flying space sound whales! Who also to be fair, don’t actually have anything to them!

But actually, the worst thing is that I do know! You know what they’re here for? You know why they annoy me so much? Like I said, the aliens are a nuisance, because they’re not the point of the story, the story isn’t about them, they don’t add anything. They’re here to slow down the plot, and get action scenes. That’s it. There’s a paper thin plot, and it’s thickened up by slowing the main characters down with little green men, and purple and pink fish. It’s filler in a 22 page long comic book. And, if you would excuse me my wording, I think that’s completely f**king ridiculous.

And then we get a really dumb ending where the Doctor tries to teach us a life lesson okay thank you for that made up moral now your story has meaning now it’s good im sure wowszie the Doc and Gabs are gonna talk finally oh the end oh that was it yeah.

Nonexistent story with great ideas in there somewhere. No desires seemingly to add anything here, just to fill 22 pages. That’s just a bit of a bummer. Like we could’ve had such cool stuff here! But oh well. We won’t have to encounter Morrison in this run of comics anymore, so hopefully I’ll take more of a liking to the next ones again!

I’m all here for a punchy, if not wholly substantive one shot. My problem with slight stories is when they are stretched over several issues or have to suddenly resolve abruptly. This is a story which reminds you of the world that Gabby comes from, her supporting cast of family and friends, and then gives you a little hook about echoes to push the plot forwards. I’m certain though that if I didn’t feel as fondly of these characters as I do, I’d be rating this lower.

Fluff, but solid fluff. I like the way the noise is shown with different styles for the onomatepia, and it’s not something that’d really work in another medium (at least in the same way) which is nice

Echos: 7.2/10 - This story was pretty good, but not particularly noteworthy in any way. I like Gabby’s reunion with her family which is strangely very short. The Shreekers were a nice funny design that I found amusing and the Echos themselves have a really cool design as well. This story suffers from its short length a lot and leaves a lot to be desired from a “companion returns home” story which is disappointing. Some highlights were the Doctor hanging off the Empire State Building and Gabby driving the moped away from the Shreekers. Also, why did we get no follow up to Cindy after the cold open??!!

🙏🏼58% = Average! = Skippable!

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KILLING NOISE!

This shorter story is a palette cleanser that allows us to catch up with Gabby's family (they don't do a lot of catching up, though). Although the art effectively conveys the idea of noise pollution killing people, the overall premise seems more appropriate for TV or Big Finish.

This one is like an action-packed, abridged version of Revolutions of Terror. There's no real time to develop the threat or the characters before it's all over. There's not much substance, but it's a brief, enjoyable read.

The green alien bad guys came and went and reminded me of M.O.D.O.K. from Marvel.

The best aspect of it is how it teaches us to cherish each moment of peace and quiet that comes our way in this hectic and noisy world.

Echo is a quick and simple tale that takes place over a single issues. The plot is bare bones, with just enough to get you to the end of the story. This felt more like an outline to Revolutions of Terror than its own story. There really wasn't much substance here. The artwork was clean and pretty. Overall, a nothing story that didn't add much.