Artithmeric 9 Issue #2

The second very nice touch is the way the twins communicate with each other through thought as well as through speaking and, sometimes, at the same time. Again, something that is hard to utilise as a plot feature in any other art form. It makes the lettering in these books an integral part of the story’s development and makes the reading experience quite special. The artwork in the early issues was handled 20 by Sika Murti (better known perhaps for his work on William Tener’s book The Dragonfly), with Rachel Wells doing a couple of the covers. The colouring was initially by Lisa Richards, then Paige Cambern until issue #5. Since issues 6 and 7 Rachel Wells has taken on all pencilling and inking with Nina Gaillard handling the colours. That said, there is a clear continuity of style across the seven books so far that attests to the attention to detail the team is able to maintain over time. That, of course, will be crucial if and when sufficient books have been produced to warrant gathering them together as a series of graphic novels. The current artist on the series, Rachel Wells, is at the beginning of what looks to be a highly promising career as a sequential artist. She is a talented product of the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD). The visual interpretation of the scripted work for the Powers Squared books is largely left to her. That is both obvious and crucial; these books benefit from truly being the product of genuine artistic collaboration between the writers and the artist. While the overall style of the comic series was set in the early issues by Sika Murti, Rachel has still been able to assert her own stylistic take on