I could see a lot of people complaining about the art in this issue. Zach Baldus has a VERY stylized approach to penciling. Match the painterly colours with that, and you have what is sure to be a busy topic of discussion around New Mutant fans.
The story itself rotated between several sub-plots, and was weaved well Zeb Wells. In fact, the angst felt in the words played well off of the images.
While sure not to be the party line, I enjoyed this book. The cover was great and I am very excited to see Warlock back.