Her reasons for wanting a radio show feel natural and psychologically plausible. That said, the flashback to a police interrogation is particularly well-structured and layered, and the withholding of information from the reader works well for that scene.Ĭharacterization is the strongest aspect of "A Voice is the Dark." Zoey's move to a new setting, youth, emotional intensity and her search for identity and control give the narrative the shape of an off-kilter coming of age story. Similarly, it feels manipulative that Taylor holds back the full details of Zoey's kill for future issues, even if the doling out of the catalyzing event makes sense for the narrative pacing. In interviews, Taylor has revealed that Cutter's Circle, the college town, has the highest population of serial killers in the country, and while it's a fun idea, it's also an obvious plot engine. The subplot of an serial killer about town feels disjointed from the rest of the story in "A Voice in the Dark: #1, even if it is obvious that the killer's path will intersect with Zoey's in the future. Taylor centers the story on Zoey's internal struggle, while laying down the shape of things to come in the external world. Like "Dexter" and other recent homicidal heroes, Zoey is a sympathetic protagonist, even though her compulsion has resulted in a death and is close to taking over her whole life.
Taylor is far more invested in the psyche than in gore. For a "killer narrator" setup, "A Voice is the Dark" #1 is relatively restrained. Zoey's life is defined by her dark side and her attempts to grapple with it given that she knows right from wrong. However, as Zoey herself says, her gender, race, childhood and socialization are somewhat beside the point, because they don't explain her desires to kill.
Both his thick line and approach to panel composition are clean and spacious-feeling, and his facial expressions are subtle. Taylor's character designs for the cast of "A Voice in the Dark" cover a range of body types and ethnicities comfortably. Taylor gives Zoey a strong voice, and all these aspects of her identity are clear without smelling of tokenism. Zoey is a new take on the Homicidal Hero trope recently popularized by "Dexter," but her youth, gender and biracial heritage distinguish her.
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