Trillium #7 – Review

By: Jeff Lemire (story & art), José Villarrubia (colors)

The Story: Reunited and it feels so good—until the uncurable sentient virus arrives.

The Review: It’s almost unnecessary at this point for me to mention how disappointed I am with this series, right?  As impressed as I was with the concepts he revealed in the first issue, it seems as if Lemire really doesn’t know where to go beyond the premise itself.  Six issues later, we’re still rehashing the same basic points over and over, as if Lemire has nothing better to offer.  He promised us a time-traveling romance and he delivered, but he hasn’t done much more than that.

Nika and William’s constant reunions and partings, all their pining in between, is rather reminiscent of the romances in Korean dramas, actually.  Don’t get me wrong; I’m as big a fan of Harvard Love Story or Save the Last Dance for Me as much as anyone else, but these shows can get away with the perpetual angst in ways that comics usually can’t.  The commitment Korean actors have to nightly crying has something to do with it, but more than that, TV dramas simply can afford to spend more time developing the chemistry and connection between love interests than comics do.