Witchblade #116 – Review

By: Ron Marz (writer) & Stjepan Sejic (artist)

The phrase on the cover says “The start of a new era”. By the look of the redesigned logo, I’d say it’s not a good one. Why change the logo now? Does Top Cow not want to pay Peter Steigerwald any more royalties? This change bothers me big time. If you want change, kill Sara Pezzini. She’s old, worn out her welcome, and we’ve seen her for #115 issues. I know a lot of people won’t notice the change, but I’ve been reading this book since #1. I have rights (well, not really, but you know)!

The good thing is that Top Cow hired Sejic to draw the series until issue #150, the longest an artist has been on the series. I like consistency between issues and Sejic is my third top Witchblade artist (after Turner and Choi). He’s also the only reason why I continue to buy this book.

The story deals with Sara visiting her sister in prison, while Dani tells David everything about the Witchblade – which seems like a stupid move on her part. She barely knows this guy and she’s spilling all these secrets?! What’s the point of this? Is it because she’s blonde? Why was Ron Marz chosen to make her so dumb? Finally, Sara leaves her baby with a sitter and investigates some weird religious murderers, setting up the storyline for the future chapter.

The cover for the next issue tells me exactly what I’ve said the first time that this “David” character appeared: He’s after the Witchblade. Surprise, surprise. I might have given this book a grade of B+, but the new logo change pisses me off. (Grade: D+)

-Daniel Yanez