Just a few pages long but it makes you think. I would guess we all have the same knee-jerk reaction toThere are no easy answers. Read free here.
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Just a few pages long but it makes you think. I would guess we all have the same knee-jerk reaction to the big reveal, but Guin did such a fantastic job showing you why no one did anything to disturb their utopia that it packs an even bigger punch....more
I am just really digging these. I can't pinpoint why, but I get excited every time I see a new volume pop up on Hoopla. It's just this good blend of dyI am just really digging these. I can't pinpoint why, but I get excited every time I see a new volume pop up on Hoopla. It's just this good blend of dystopian-fantasy-adventure. And nobody seems to give a shit, but I hope Peck keeps writing this story because I'm all in for it.
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The group of main characters is still wandering around finding new ways to almost die. In today's adventure, they find shelter and supplies in a farmhouse run by some nice folks. So. Obviously, there will be some nefarious shit happening there! Do not go down to the basement. Repeat! Do NOT go down into the basement! Meanwhile, the evil bro-wizard dude is still doing evil stuff while getting shown up by his nemesis evil bitchy-witch lady.
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I'm not saying this one will change your life but it's a good read. Recommended....more
It's readable. I've read (and liked well enough) Justin Jordan's Shadowman stuff, but Spread didn't quite do it for me.
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You've got this sentientIt's readable. I've read (and liked well enough) Justin Jordan's Shadowman stuff, but Spread didn't quite do it for me.
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You've got this sentient plague that is (as of yet) unexplained. A guy that cannibalizes his clientele that can't pay fines. Some kind of an evangelicalish doomsday preacher who thinks the plague is god. And an evil pretty boy who has mad fighting skilz and leads an army of bandits finishes out the rogue gallery.
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Then there's No, the hero who says no a lot and is immune to the Spread. The baby, who also narrates the story, Hope. Her bodily fluids kill the Spread. Eh, eh, eh?! Get it? The title is No Hope? And some mental chick who (I'm assuming) accidentally killed her own baby and has found a replacement in Hope.
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The story is a lot of character info-dumps but without any real understanding of whatever this plague is, why it acts the way it does, or even how society works now. There's some mention of quarantine but I don't know if only this section of the world is quarantined or what.
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Another problem is the art. It's just dripping with red gooey worm things, and as other reviewers have mentioned, it's kind of gory. But it's gory just for the sake of being able to say it's gory. There are no real jump scares or OHMYGODLOOKATTHAT moments. It's juvenile and I didn't think it added much.
If I absolutely run out of things to read, I may continue with this....more
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I gotta say, I really liked this more than I was expecting. The kid who looks like a ringer for Justin Beiber during his tweenage years is still all mysterious, as is the other kid who I don't trust for a second but I still really like. And I want to find out why our main character is still alive even though he's been infected by whatever orc juice is flowing through his veins.
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I don't know what's going on but I like the way all of the characters are written. Especially the bad guy who turns out to be an ex-football payer or something? Love it. It's just nutty and different enough to hold my attention.
I'd never heard of this comic or Seth Peck. It was a Hoopla Bonus Borrow that I grabbed as one of those just in case comics to put on my tablet. And I I'd never heard of this comic or Seth Peck. It was a Hoopla Bonus Borrow that I grabbed as one of those just in case comics to put on my tablet. And I was honestly kind of making fun of the cover to my kid, just seeing if I could guess what I was going to find inside of it. ok. swords...and guns. is that a coat or a cloak? some kind of dystopia. whatever. he's got some pouches. 90s dystopia? are those aliens in the background or demons? hmm. an apocalypse scenario, I'm betting. And then I chuckled at how clever and witty I am. I know that makes me kind of an asshole but I figure it evens itself out since at least I'm willing to admit it.
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At any rate, I wasn't actually expecting to finish this comic, much less like it. But I did both. And yeah, there is some kind of demon/alien apocalypse thing happening and a guy with weapons and pouches is fighting his way across the landscape.
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He's got some people in tow and they meet some interesting characters and there's some pew-pew and Ker-Boom! and OF COURSE he's got a secret thing going on with him but it's secret and mysterious and maybe his arm falls off and maybe it doesn't but there's some kid with weird powers that probably needs to be protected and his partner dresses like she's a member of the Court of Owls and he gets hired by a hot soldier chick who's guarding scientists and they've got some shit in their bag that might be important/dangerous and what the hell are those World of Warcraft-looking motherfuckers who are running around eating people?!
This one was very hard for me to get into, but I did eventually end up liking it. I think the biggest problem for me was the art. It's all over the plaThis one was very hard for me to get into, but I did eventually end up liking it. I think the biggest problem for me was the art. It's all over the place, loud, and messy as hell.
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I started out reading the physical copy I own, but ended up switching over to digital just so I could zoom in on the panels and try to make sense out of what I was seeing. It definitely helped. Anyway, I finished the rest of the book and was really digging the story by the time I got to the last page.
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The gist is that there was some sort of world-breaking fight that killed off magic. Or made it impossible to make more magic. Something like that. Anyway, the main character is/was a bard and he's searching for his wife who has been captured by some wicked band of evildoers. Of course, not all is what it seems...
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He's a bit of a surly anti-hero who is willing to do bad things if it means he can rescue his wife, and with the help of his pentacorn (a unicorn with 5 horns), he sets out to do whatever it takes.
I'm interested enough to have downloaded the next volume....more
Gary Frank just kills it with the art. The facial expressions are just dead-on and push the story from good to great.
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Ok. The gist is that nuclear bombs have dropped in the very near future and what's left of humanity has a post-apocalyptic lifestyle going on. Creepy weirdos have taken over and it's survival of the fittest and meanest.
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One dude is legend, however. Geiger is a mythic survivor who got hit with the first blast, and somehow not only survived, but morphed into a being who can turn into a kick-ass radioactive monster. He meets up with two lost kids in the desert and finds a reason to keep on keeping on. Oh, and he has a two-headed dog. And while none of these ideas may be particularly new, Geoff Johns does his thing and spins it into a heartwarming tale of cancer treatments, radiation poisoning, and dystopian landscapes.
I totally respect all of you who loved Y: The Last Man, but we must have read 2 different stories, as I wasn't enamored in the same way I feel most oI totally respect all of you who loved Y: The Last Man, but we must have read 2 different stories, as I wasn't enamored in the same way I feel most of my friends were with it. Mainly, because as the volumes wore on, I felt the only way I would be able to fondly remember my time with Yorick was if somehow Vaughan made it all worthwhile in the end. He did not. Not for me, at least.
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There were some interesting elements to the plot for sure, but nothing that made up for the lack of good characters. <--again, this is just how I felt about them.
355 is maybe the closest thing to a likable character you get in this, but she was so closed off that I never felt like I really knew her. Plus, she has some goofy Alex Rider: teenage spy! backstory that didn't make any sense once you pulled it apart. (view spoiler)[Her dad was tailoring suits for Ronald Regan, and yet she somehow ended up in a group home after her parents died? What? Any job that requires you to be in contact with the President of the United States is going to pay very well. Why? Because it means that you're good at your job. So no way in hell do I buy that NOT ONLY was there no one to take her in, but that she was somehow impoverished and living in a fucking group home. Her dad must have had a pension, life insurance, and a few pennies in the bank that would have given her some options. But no. She was dumped in a shitty orphanage and found by some secret Illumanitiesque group who trained her to be James Bond minus the cool toys. (hide spoiler)]
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It was stuff like that that made it hard for me to stop making a face and just enjoy all the plot holes. And make no mistake, those holes are plentiful and HUGE. Like, I feel weird even calling them holes.
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The plague that killed every man on the planet simultaneously is itself a major offender in this way. The dumb-ass theory that Dr. Mann's father throws out there is ridiculous. (view spoiler)[He figures out how to clone a woman, so all the men just die because we don't need them anymore? What?! Even if the Earth's ecosystems were sentient, that is mind-bogglingly stupid. Is there an infinite amount of sperm just floating in the ether to impregnate women in the future? And by this idiotic thought process, if he had figured out how to make an artificial womb, would all the women in the world have just started bleeding out of their orifices and keeling over, as well? THAT IS NOT A THING! It was just lame. (hide spoiler)] It's like Vaughn just decided he didn't want to bother with decent explanations. Instead, he had the characters give each other a little it really doesn't matter why things happened, just that they happened talk. And I'm sure that I'm supposed to smile and remember that It's the Journey, Not the Destination that matters.
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Except I went on this journey with fucking Yorick. And I would be hard-pressed to name a more annoying protagonist to go on a 10 VOLUME trek across the globe with. So yeah, it really was about the destination for me.
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Yes. Being trapped on a date with that same emotional vampire. And yet, with his Last Man status held high, Yorick the Magician fucks his way across the oceans on a quest to find Beth, his maybe fiancée. <--we're not sure if she said yes before the phone lines cut out.
Anyway. Yorick is an aspiring Houdini, who despite being a moron in every other part of his life, has somehow managed to become an Ocean's Eleven-level lockpick and escape artist. This is his ONE defining characteristic and it will be crammed down your throat till the last page.
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Ok, Vaughn. I get it. This is the story of the not-very-special guy. But let me tell you, there's a reason there aren't any comics out there about the person who cuts Superman's hair or mows Batman's lawn. Nobody cares.
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Oh well. While I'm burning all the bridges, let me take this time to say that I hate the pretentious names. Giving your kids weird names because you teach Shakespeare is bad enough, but when one of those names sounds like the gagging noise my cat makes when it coughs up a hairball, you've crossed into borderline abusive territory. I really hope when Yorick and Hero's fictional father died, it hurt like hell.
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The ending!
The journey to find Beth ended with the trumpeting of a squeaky fart. (view spoiler)[Beth was going to break up with him before the phone died. Uh... But now that he's her only choice, he's looking kinda hot. Then, and ONLY then does he realize that it's 355 that he loves. But not before he gives Beth the old mini sausage treatment.
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And Beth then ends up with Hero? His asshole sister ended up with the girl he thought was the love of his life. 9 bjillion women and his cunt sister moves in on the first girl her little brother slept with. Well, at least she doesn't break character. (hide spoiler)]
355. She does give you the most bang for your buck. (view spoiler)[ Really? The only decent character gets a bullet between the eyes? Stop it. This is why we can't have nice things!
And what about Alter, the crazy Israeli who has been chasing Yorick across the world? (view spoiler)[ Apparently, all she wanted him for was death. Yes. In a stunning turn of events, you find out that she killed his mother and the love of his life just to piss him off enough to kill her. Why? Because she wanted to die by the hand of a man, as all women do. Except he was too much of a pussy to kill her, so that sort of took the wind out of her sails. (hide spoiler)]
And Yorick. (view spoiler)[He marries the mother of his daughter and they live unhappily ever after. All the while he pines for 355 and his monkey. Eventually, his daughter becomes Prez of the US because why not? And for some reason that we'll call plot, once Yorick is an old man she has him locked up, put in a straight jacket, and surrounded by clones of Ampersand to save him from depression. After meeting a clone of himself, he escapes. Get it. Because he's an escape artist and...oh, fuck it.(hide spoiler)]
Anyway. It may not seem like it from the wall of text I've written, but I didn't set out to shit on a much-loved graphic novel. I'm disappointed in the ending for multiple reasons, but if you loved this? I'm not going to argue and tell you that you're wrong. Our tastes are different, but your opinion is just as valid as mine.
I really don't care for Yorick. He annoys me and I'm not sure what 355 sees in him. Oh, wait. He is the last man on earth.<--he's looking pretty good nI really don't care for Yorick. He annoys me and I'm not sure what 355 sees in him. Oh, wait. He is the last man on earth.<--he's looking pretty good now, isn't he? Shockingly, the answer is still not really.
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On the upside? We are rolling towards the finish line, people!
Could Dr. Mann's father be the source of the plague? Can Rose prove to Dr. Mann that she really does love her? Beth has a dream (wtf?) that Yorick is alive and heads starts scouring Paris to find him. The garbage truck supermodel from the first issue buries Yorick's mom and has a heart-to-heart with a prostitute.
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And the theater chick from way back makes a comic about a plague that wipes out all the women except one - The Last Woman. Yorick reads it and we all smile ironically.
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Nine volumes down, one to go! Bring it home strong, Vaughn....more
Tokyo! Where they meet a Canadian pop star turned mob boss and battle her with the help of an android pimp.
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One of the more interesting volumes aTokyo! Where they meet a Canadian pop star turned mob boss and battle her with the help of an android pimp.
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One of the more interesting volumes as you get Alter's backstory AND Dr. Mann's. Guess which one is more sympathetic? Not Alter, that's for damn sure.
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We run into Dr. Mann's mother and find out so big clues that might lead to...whatever is happening next. Also, the cat is out of the bag about Rose! dun, dun, dun! And due to those damn Israelis (thank a lot, Alter!), the astronaut's son and Yorick's daughter are on the run for their lives.
Tons of shit happens in this one. Most of it spoilery.
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The good news is that you get an origin story for 355. I thought there were some holes inTons of shit happens in this one. Most of it spoilery.
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The good news is that you get an origin story for 355. I thought there were some holes in it, but I'm willing to wait and see if things pan out. Ampersand (the monkey) also gets an origin story, which is great because you kind of want to know why he's so important/special. And in a sweet turn of events at the end, it seems that he does care about the hapless Yorick.
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The spoilery stuff?
(view spoiler)[ Beth 2.0 is preggers! Looks like Yorick is a daddy.
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Alter, in the ultimate bitch move, shoots and kills Yorick and Hero's mom. Ouch.
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And guess who's been spying for Australia? That's right. Dr. Mann's new girlfriend, Rose! Damn. She just can't catch a break.
Girl on Girl sees 355 and Dr Mann have a brief tumble, and Yorick have a brief meltdown when he walks in on them. Be cool, dude. Be cool.
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MeanwhGirl on Girl sees 355 and Dr Mann have a brief tumble, and Yorick have a brief meltdown when he walks in on them. Be cool, dude. Be cool.
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Meanwhile, Yorick once again punches far above his weight class and boinks the hot captain of the ship they've bordered in order to chase down Ampersand and the ninja that took him.
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There's a lot here that I thought was wacky, but I was really rolling my eyes when the captain (view spoiler)[ decided to just go down with her ship after the Aussie sub shot it because she suddenly felt like a 'bad guy' for trafficking drugs? No. What? What heroine trafficker does that?! (hide spoiler)] The characters' motivations in this story are all mind-boggling to me. Part of me can't believe this is the same guy who wrote Saga. Then again, I can still see a glimmer of that amazing writing in Y because I'm flipping the pages so easily, and I literally can't connect with any of the characters. This is such a well-loved series that I feel alone on this little island of indifference.
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Buddy read with my long-suffering friend, Wilson....more
Very readable but it's still not as awesome as I had been led to believe. Though you do finally find out a bit more about what makes Hero tick. Her chaVery readable but it's still not as awesome as I had been led to believe. Though you do finally find out a bit more about what makes Hero tick. Her character arc takes a turn towards potentially not being an asshole by the end of it. I'm still not a fan of Hero, though. A lot of women have shitty stuff happen to them and they don't end up being crazy rage monsters who target innocent people.
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Yorick gets busy with Beth 2.0 - a pretty blonde who gets all of Yorick's geeky references and has been taking care of a Catholic church. Is she actually still a Catholic after this apocalypse nonsense? If so, how? It seems as though she was put in here to show Yorick that other Beth isn't/wasn't all that special. Maybe? I don't know. However, it seems like he's on track to screw his way across the ocean to find his true love. Although, he's so annoying that it's a good thing he's the last man on earth or he'd never get laid.
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Is the ring that Yorick was planning to give Beth the reason he survived the plague?! Or is the plague caused by the artifact that 355 took at the beginning of the story?! Are we finally getting some answers? I fucking hope so...
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The big plot churner is that a ninja grabs Ampersand and that sets everyone off on another journey. Because that's what this story needed. A ninja monkey-napping.
Not in love with this, but hopefully it's going somewhere good.
And I wouldn't have made it this far without the support of my buddy reader, Alexander. Cheers...more
There's some weird shit happening in this. Weird. Shit. Indeed.
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At first, it looks like this ex-agent goes full-on fetish crazy, but if you read There's some weird shit happening in this. Weird. Shit. Indeed.
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At first, it looks like this ex-agent goes full-on fetish crazy, but if you read on a bit it makes sense. Kind of. And it was still uncomfortable to read. But hey! It all worked out, right?
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Dr. Mann gets herself into a pickle with some crazies called the Sons of Arizona when she tries to talk them into letting the group go through the pass that they've blocked off. 355 shows up in time to get an ass-whopping but ultimately saves the day. And Yorick lies about (view spoiler)[killing one of the women who attacked him in self-defense (hide spoiler)]. But I'm sure that won't come back to haunt him anytime soon. Did he learn nothing from his old dominatrix pal?
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Yorick's crazy-ass sister is hot on his trail, but whether she wants forgiveness or a chunk of his hide, I don't know yet. What I do know is that she showed up just in time to (view spoiler)[meet the new male baby that the astronaut from the last volume just gave birth to. Will this baby survive? (hide spoiler)] Only time will tell.
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While this isn't the best story I've ever read, it is very easily digestible. And I'm really flying through these volumes. Still waiting for something to kick in and tell me this is an amazing story that's going to make it a favorite, though.
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This buddy read was made possible because of Alexander and the letter Y....more
Yorick, 355, and Dr. Mann team up with a Russian agent to try and save the day. Probably would havOh! There may be more men left. MEN IN SPACE!
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Yorick, 355, and Dr. Mann team up with a Russian agent to try and save the day. Probably would have worked out better for everyone involved it if weren't for those pesky Israeli chicks. You also find out who set them on Yorick's trail and why. <--the why is really important.
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There are some twists and turns in this volume. Some I saw coming. Others I did not. <--always a good thing
I haven't connected with any of the characters yet, but since this is such a beloved series of graphic novels, I'm holding out hope that I'm just not thereyet.
After finishing this first volume, I have to say that I'm more confused now than I was when I first started reading. I have zero idea what's going on After finishing this first volume, I have to say that I'm more confused now than I was when I first started reading. I have zero idea what's going on in this thing. I mean, that's not necessarily a bad thing. But from the writing, I can't tell if this is something that will suddenly become clear in the next few volumes or if this is going to be one of those books that remains trippy and weird till the bitter end.
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There's a huge pandemic happening and time is running out to find a cure. America has been closed off for 30 years. Like, with a zappy dome thing that keeps people and technology out, so no one has any idea what's been going on in there for decades. When a message is received saying that they have the cure for the virus and will allow a team of people inside the borders, the other (now merged) countries agree and send in a group of oddballs to check it out.
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Ok, there are a lot of things plot-wise that are just fucknuts. The weird plague, time distortion, secret prophecies, and Mad Max-level shenanigans happening inside of the US when the folks get inside.
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I don't know where the story is heading exactly, but I'm willing to follow it for a while and see if it turns into anything....more
It could have been a really interesting dystopian tale of tainted religion, science gone mad, and political corruptioWhat the fuck did I read?
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It could have been a really interesting dystopian tale of tainted religion, science gone mad, and political corruption. However, it was only half-baked and ultimately made no sense. Especially the ending. <--I'll get to that in a minute.
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So the gist is that this pig-man makes a stand in the middle of this class (sermon?) by saying that he doesn't believe in whatever dogma they're selling, and immediately gets killed.
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That moment leads to the main character, Oink, questioning his beliefs. He's been told he isn't good enough for Heaven, and his purpose is to be a slave. <--standard dystopian fare
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Then he breaks out of this...facility? I don't know what they're doing to the pigs or the pig-men but he blows all the shit up and goes on the lam. This prompts some sort of Catholic priest knock-off to send angels after Oink. And by angels, I mean these Frankenstein monsters with halos stapled to their heads.
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Oink meets some people who were in the original resistance against the church - a mother and son. They tell him the SECRET about his birth. (view spoiler)[He's genetically engineered to be a slave. (hide spoiler)] And he goes on a rampage. Here's what didn't make sense about the end of the story. (view spoiler)[After he blows up all the human/pig hybrid baby-making factories, he escapes to Bedlam, which is this land outside of the dystopian landscape of Heaven. He walks off into the beautiful sunset. THEN the epilogue brings you back to the beginning of the book where he's getting ready to be executed. What? How did he get captured? When did he get captured? It makes no sense! One minute he's leaving and the next he's hanging from a rope. (hide spoiler)] Am I missing a chunk of the story? I would be more inclined to think I was if the rest of the tale was more coherent. To me, it seems like an interesting idea that wasn't fully fleshed out. But, man, that art is gorgeous.
This one surprised me. I thought it was going to be some sort of vegan propaganda comic, and once the sweet fluffy animals had a voice the world would This one surprised me. I thought it was going to be some sort of vegan propaganda comic, and once the sweet fluffy animals had a voice the world would right itself. Not so! These animals are just as fucking vicious as the humans. Which, let's face it, is exactly how it would go down.
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So for some unknown reason, animals are now thinking on a human level. And they can talk! No one is entirely sure how that works... But now there's a revolution, baby! And as often happens in revolutions, there are a lot of casualties.
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Some of the animals are really good, some are really bad, but most (like people) are somewhere in between. The story follows Jessie (a little girl) and a dog that she raised from a puppy, Sandor. Jessie's parents have (apparently) died at some point off-page, but it's all very sketchy as to what actually happened. Sandor loves Jessie, and now his one goal is to get her to her half brother (whom she has never met) on the other side of the country. <--before he dies of old age! Because while tongues & voiceboxes get a magical makeover, animal life spans remain the same. I'm not even ashamed to admit that I fully expect to sob like a baby before this title is over.
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I really liked this. Definitely check it out if you're looking for something outside the norm. PS - Thank you very much to the Aftershock Fan who keeps sending me these cool titles to read!...more
This is my favorite volume of EoW so far. It seems like a lot of things are starting to finally come together, which is nice. Gives you a feeling that This is my favorite volume of EoW so far. It seems like a lot of things are starting to finally come together, which is nice. Gives you a feeling that your patience is going to be somewhat rewarded with this title.
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Without spoiling anything, there's a lot of flashing around to different characters at different points in time, and all of it kind of culminates in these series of BIG BANGS that really rock this series and turn some things on their ear.
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After 7 volumes I can finally say that I am all in with this thing....more
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