A review by crookedtreehouse
Resident Alien Volume 4: The Man with No Name by Peter Hogan
4.0
In this fourth volume of Resident Alien, we get a bit more backstory about Dr. Harry Vanderspeigle (actually an alien) than we have in any previous volumes, and eventually someone he interacts with figures out his secret. But, once again, that's just a minor point in a story about solving crimes in a small town. And, once again, it's a really fun story.
Part of what makes this series work is [a:Steve Parkhouse|554069|Steve Parkhouse|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/m_50x66-82093808bca726cb3249a493fbd3bd0f.png]'s charming art.
Charming seems like faint praise, but I promise it isn't. This series wouldn't seem as authentic if the art was Stupendous or Amazing or Fantastic. Parkhouse's mastery of expressions often gets brought up in reviews, and with good reasons, but I really appreciate how he has populated this town with many people who look very normal, and yet none of them could be confused for each other. So many artists, most whose work I love, have only one or two types of female characters they can draw, and one or two types of male characters. Parkhouse has an incredibly wide range of figures and faces that all work really well.
I really wish more people were reading this excellent series.
Part of what makes this series work is [a:Steve Parkhouse|554069|Steve Parkhouse|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/m_50x66-82093808bca726cb3249a493fbd3bd0f.png]'s charming art.
Charming seems like faint praise, but I promise it isn't. This series wouldn't seem as authentic if the art was Stupendous or Amazing or Fantastic. Parkhouse's mastery of expressions often gets brought up in reviews, and with good reasons, but I really appreciate how he has populated this town with many people who look very normal, and yet none of them could be confused for each other. So many artists, most whose work I love, have only one or two types of female characters they can draw, and one or two types of male characters. Parkhouse has an incredibly wide range of figures and faces that all work really well.
I really wish more people were reading this excellent series.