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13 days ago

Not as good as the first volume in the series about Huerta, i.e. Hopey, Maggie and their friends and enemies. This tome is centered around Maggie, Hopey and Ray (as the title implies) who are getting older, jobs and somehow finding out that they don’t change as persons despite getting older.

While there are some changes in plot that slow down the tempo in here, I found some of the dada-drawn passages quite irritating, but still it’s a sign of Hernandez’ ability to incorporate the serious with the laughable and mash it together.

The characters evolve, and even though not at the same pace as before that would have been strange. This is a quite nice assortment of little stories, and despite my missing the tempo of yore, it’s nice to see the happy days and demons up close and in detail, quite poetic through the motions. Especially the dogs.

All in all: not at all as good as “Locas I” (which I give 5/5 without hesitation, but still interesting, vibrant and at times beautifully written. I’ll buy the third volume as soon as it hits the streets.
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31 days ago

A very well written book on an extremely interesting subject. Mr Brooks has a wonderful way of bringing his subjects to life. A good read for anyone.
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31 days ago

Max Brooks has done it again. Interesting, exciting, great format
A must read
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31 days ago

I was so excited to learn that Brooks was working on a graphic novel. I ran to my local bookstore on Tuesday to pick it up and let me tell you, it doesn't disappoint. The graphics are great and only enhance the stories. It was such an organic move from novel to graphic novel. I can't wait to see what he tackles next.
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31 days ago

Ever since I read the Zombie Survival Guide, I've been hooked!!! Only Brooks can pull off this combination of horror, comedy, and parody and keep you lusting for more! World War Z was also brilliant, unique, original....and a total page turner.....

So I guess I've been bracing myself because what writer doesn't strike out sooner or later....but holy smokes, the Zombie Survial Guide - Recorded Attacks, brings everything together in a completely 3 dimensional and beautifully zombish way! The work is highly detailed, and illustrations totally uncanny. After every book that Brooks has written, I have said: "the zombie world will never be the same", and indeed it is very true of his latest work as well. Check this out...you will not be dissapointed!

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31 days ago

This is quite a work, a full-blown visual realization of Max Brooks' zombie genius and vision.
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31 days ago

I first read Gonick's original volume of this series - The Cartoon History of the Universe Volume 1 - back in the early 90's as a teenager. Since then I have kept up with each of the new volumes, so it was with both great excitement and a little sadness that I finally cracked open this final volume.

This volume does not disappoint. Gonick keeps up the fast paced run through of history that we have come to expect in the books, covering from the 1700's all the way through 9/11 and today.

Finally getting up to a century that I know well - the one we were all born in - it was interesting reading his take on events that I actually knew in great detail. There were a few things that I was bummed were left out - though planes start appearing in panels, the beginnings of flight are not covered. While Sputnik is mentioned and ICBMs, the space race is not covered. However, knowing Gonick's work as well as I do, I know this wasn't due to any ignorance or forgetfulness on the author's part - he simply could not put everything in.

As I said before, fans can rejoice because this volume is no different than the others. It is more of the same wonderful history and cartoons fans have come to expect.
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32 days ago

(warning: spoilers!)

Buffy Season 8 comics continue their downward spiral with this latest collection.

This is a series of one-shot stories designed to set up the environment for the next big arc. You can almost hear chess pieces being moved around on a board. The problem is that the chess players are on drugs.

Briefly, the episodes can be summarized as thus:
1) Harmony creates a reality TV show on herself as a vampire - and suddenly the world falls in love with vampires and considers the slayers a menace, who must go into hiding(!?). No, I don't understand it either.
2) Lesbian Slayers Kennedy and Satsu discover a race of robotic toy vampires created by Twilight who temporarily de-gay Satsu (no, I am not making this up)
3) In the only half-sane plot, Buffy and Andrew bond as they track down a cell of rogue slayers. There is a demon, among other things, and wackiness ensues.
4) Giles and Faith discover a town with a nasty secret concealed by the only other surviving Watcher.
5) Dawn is in trouble. Again. Buffy rescues her. Again. The Summers Sisters reconcile. Again.

The comic concludes with two short stories on Harmony and the robotic toy vampires. These are intended to be humorous but come across as completely lame.

In fact, that is the problem with this whole collection. The plots are so thin, weird and contrived I can't believe they were meant to be taken seriously. The writers must have been going for wry amusement instead. Strangely, I am not amused. I have seen better writing from teenage fanfic.

Oh, the art hasn't improved either. It remains passable at best.

I'm not sure what the problem is at Whedon enterprises. Was everybody having a bad couple of months? Has this little season 8 shindig run out of steam (and ideas, and credibility)? All I can tell you is that if the next collection is this bad, I will be sorely tempted to cut my losses and stop buying further issues.
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33 days ago

I like the direction that the new storyline is taking, and I can even support narrowing the focus on fewer characters. However, the writer of these issues has absolutely no ear for how the characters speak. Even the few paltry instances of witty repartee have none of the impact Whedon fans have come to expect. Hopefully, the previous writers will be back for future issues, or at least exert some much needed influence on the dialog.
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34 days ago

Looks like a Toscano catalogue or an occult comic book
Don't expect this to be easy to look at.
It's a strain to overlook it when it's in the room.
Laughter, whether "alternative" or not, can be many things.
It can deceive you.

It is not hard to notice that this came to be released in
or near October. Keep the Urtext handy.



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