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Completely not like the blurb on GR. A lot of things get in the way of the story - takes a while to get going, a few clichèd characters, the Asian girl is whitewashed IMO (but she's got lots of tattoos, man...), an attempt at social commentary, too much "telling" and not enough "showing". Some really nice art and colors though. Very violent. (Someone at the GN discussion group mentioned a "Harry Potter" vibe with the secret school thing but then we never spend any time there to see how the schoo
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This was a trip--maybe because for half the volume, the main character, Marcus, was indeed tripping balls on acid. People will tell you this series is crazy. You will still not be prepared. I'm still trying to process some of the really twisted shit in here.
But the artwork is amazing. Wes Craig's pencils and Lee Loughridge take the batshit insane scripts of Remender and inject them with the craziness needed for the series. ...more
But the artwork is amazing. Wes Craig's pencils and Lee Loughridge take the batshit insane scripts of Remender and inject them with the craziness needed for the series. ...more
Lots of people love this one, and I did enjoy the art style, but at the end of the day I think it just wasn't for me.
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Mar 04, 2015
taeli
marked it as to-read
May 12, 2017
gremlinkitten
marked it as to-read
Jan 21, 2019
Erika
marked it as to-read
