Pneumatic Cases #2 is a comic created by Josh Wilson with art by Rowel Roque. Our top-hatted couple the Ravenscrofts has made it to Austria and is ready to continue their case! This comic has some nice investigating scenes, good dialogue, and likable leads. There is also frequent kissing. Well it might not actually be that frequent, I just don’t normally read comics starring a couple in a committed relationship. And they flirt every other sentence. But the dialogue is nice and it never gets too wordy on a page. These are some nice characters with personalities that go beyond surface level. This is a well-paced story that subverts expectations and maintains a level of excitement that will keep you on your toes.
Like most mysteries this story doesn’t take place in one location. A good chunk takes place at a library, a monastery, and a third location that I won’t disclose for spoiler reasons. This is a very expressive comic, where the characters almost always have a look to go with whatever they said. The faces in this comic look good up close but lose something at a distance. They never look bad though. I want to say Percy and Anastasia Ravenscroft are dressed like the Frye twins from Assassin’s Creed Syndicate with big green goggles but I didn’t play that game. This issue has more action than the last one and showcases some cool items. Overall I’d say the art looks similar to better than the first issue, and the style fits the story very well.
“Is this worth reading?”
Yes.
“Would I like this?”
Do you like mysteries starring a crime-solving couple in Victorian-era Europe? Well this is it right here.
“What would this comic’s film rating be?”
PG.
“Could I get a quote from the comic?”
“My darling, clumsy husband, this is a cookbook.”
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***IN-DEPTH COMIC STATS BELOW***
Probably Contains Spoilers
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Actual Pages(not counting covers and credits): 22
Violent Pages: 3, for 14% of the comic
Sexy Pages: 0, for 0% of the comic
**The levels below aren’t necessarily maintained throughout the whole comic, but they were definitely reached**
Violence Level – 2
“Wasn’t no tussling at all.”
“Sometimes you gotta hit somebody.”
“I’m getting charged with how many counts of assault?”
“This was a tournament arc.”
“All my life I had to fight.”
Gore Level – 1
“The only thing leaking out your face is tears.”
“Looks like somebody spilled some ketchup.”
“Might need to soak that up with a bath towel.”
“That isn’t supposed to be outside the body.”
“This is a slaughterhouse.”
Death Level – 1
“And everybody lived happily ever after.”
“We might have gone to a couple funerals.”
“It just LOOKS like a serial killer was here.”
“Yeah this was a tragedy.”
“Think Gettysburg.”
Porn Level – 1
“Everybody kept their clothes on.”
“I guess it was too hot for a bra.”
“Sometimes you got to let everything air out.”
“This is like late night Cinemax in the early 2000’s.”
“Oh. This is porn.”
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