Talk:Miraculous Adventures/Issue 5/@comment-7117024-20180623052955

Out of the blue, this comic finally came out on June 20. However, I have to be the bearer of bad news in that it's technically not a new issue with an original story. Instead, it's one large compilation of the Tales of Paris shorts "Inspiration", "Busy Day", "Homework Essay", and "The Notebook". Other than the cover, it's all screenshots.

I don't even know how to feel at this point. I'd feel a lot more disappointed if I hadn't already been exasperated at the continuous push-back of these dates. What actually bothers me is that while the synopsis suggests something in-style with the previous four issues as a follow-up to the New York arc, instead the issue is very much the same as the comics that are episode screenshots into comic form. What happened? Surely the controversy with the third issue (check the comments there if you want to know more) didn't relate to this; it's not unusual for comics, especially newer ones, to make unintentional choices early on in its run. It's unknown to me if the staff from the previous issues are still working on this comic or not, and I don't feel like the episode releases should have any effect on the releases of these comics unless poor planning meant holding back major spoilers displayed in them.

I''ll see what the next issue offers before I have any permanent thoughts, but this comic book issue saddens me. No matter how one feels about the artwork, the characterization, the plot, and good-meaning mistakes, it was great to know official comics existed for Miraculous, and it's disheartening that for as many months people could've been waiting for this comic, it didn't live up to its promises. Best of luck to the crew, and I hope you'll be back for Issue 6.