The Unwritten #28 – Review

By: Mike Carey & Peter Gross (presumably writing & drawing respectively, but they don’t say), Vince Locke (inks on flashback sequences), Chris Chuckry (colors), Todd Klein (letters), Joe Hughes (assistant editor) & Karen Berger (editor)

The Story: Tom Taylor learns more about his father’s 1930’s relationship with a cartoonist (who also happens to be a very pretty lady).

What’s Good: This is another of those “good but not great” issues of The Unwritten.  Almost the entire issue is consumed with Tom going through his father’s old journals.  We’ve learned that at one point in time, Wilson Taylor worked for this mysterious and ominous organization that was attempting to rule the world through story.  This story arc is detailing Wilson’s dilemma as he has been sent by Pullman (the enemy throughout most of the series) to kill a cartoonist who is upsetting the organization’s plans.

The budding romance between Wilson and this Miriam Walzer is entertaining to read, especially when you know that Wilson either has to shoot her OR alienate the organization.  To the creators’ credit, there is some mystery around this decision, but you get the sense that however it turns out, this will be the event that ruptures Wilson’s relationship with the organization.

It’s also fun watching Wilson have his eyes opened by Miriam as to the power of storytelling.  My ‘history of Unwritten” is a little jumbled, but in this time, Wilson seems to be more of a heavy than a writer and it’s possible that Miriam inspired Wilson to become the writer that he was later in life and helped him to develop the skill that allowed him to create Tom/Tommy.