I picked up this book because I knew Lora Innes did the art, and I really enjoy her other work. The art did not disappoint, but I found the story being told to be disjointed and somewhat frustrating. This is a tie-in to the television series of the same name, and as I read I felt there was an expectation that I should already have a vested interest in and knowledge of the characters showing up. As I have not seen the television series, said existing interest and knowledge were not present for me. All told, I would say this does not serve as as particularly good introduction point to the franchise, which is a shame. ( )

To be honest I wasn't expecting much from this book. But I really enjoyed it.

When the TV show first aired I thought it looked interesting. Cool concept, female badass kicking ass Buffy style: I was onboard. Except after a couple of episodes I gave up. The show was limping with material that should have had it leaping. I was honestly surprised it made it to two seasons.

On a whim I picked up this volume (libraries have the best prices for those uncertain reads). And this was good. This was everything I had expected of the TV show. What's wrong with doing direct adaptations these days? ( )

I love the TV show on multiple levels, but this TPB was nowhere near being the TV series.

It had all the same characters, Dolls, John Henry, Wynonna. But its soul was different, not to mention it took all these things from the show and messed with them in weird, weird ways.

I'm unsure if perhaps the comic came first or something?

The one thing that I did really like about the TPB was the character of Valdez. She was just the right combination of kick butt warrior princess (Mayan in this case) and humorous woman too.

Unfortunately, overall it was a bummer of a TPB.

I got this ARC through Netgalley on behalf of IDW Publishing. ( )

I picked up this comic because I like the other work of the artist, Lora Innes. On the art front, I was not disappointed, but in terms of story I felt confused and frustrated. I have not seen the television show on SyFy, so I had no link to/vested interest in the characters or the setting or anything else. If this comic series is supposed to serve as a potential entry point to the franchise, it doesn't do a particularly good job. It doesn't even do a particularly good job of getting this reader, at least, interested in checking out the show. ( )

ETA: The rating's gone down on this book due to spam from the publisher/distributor, Diamond Book Distributors. I disliked the graphic novel, but gave it a generous rating because I love the television series. The publisher flushed away that goodwill.

His legend,
Her legacy,
Their law.

I've completely and unabashedly loved the tv series based on this comic book series, so I was really looking forward to reading this comic compendium. It didn't take long, though, before I was just confused. John Henry? Mars Del Ray? Dolls is Wynonna's boss? Well, I suppose he is in the series as well, but it's not as blatant. What's even more confusing is that a little 'net searching shows that while it all started with the comics, this comic miniseries is a tie-in to the tv series. (Looking at the covers and descriptions for other miniseries, there doesn't seem to be much of a connection; if that's Wynonna on the cover there, she's a bosomy blonde. Very bosomy. I mean ... remarkably bosomy, even for a comic book.)

The relationships were odd here. I was constantly distracted by trying to figure out when this was supposed to take place in relation with the series, with "John Henry" running around, and Dolls taking Wynonna on missions to kill zombies and chupacannibals. And Wynonna keeps getting people killed because she's hot-headed, and Dolls keeps chastising her for not being a better agent. (Considering she hasn't had any training, I'm not sure what he can realistically expect.) Peacemaker doesn't appear until page 93 of a 120-page book; prior to that, she "blams" away right and left with apparently ordinary weapons. Basically, everything that makes the story the story on Syfy is missing or askew. Where are the sisters? What about the curse? What are they all doing out of Purgatory? Is it really supposed to be spelled Beau Beau? Some of these questions are answered in the last third or so of the book - but it's all just very odd.

The writing was pretty clever, though it suffered in comparison with the show; as always in comic book series the art varied wildly among the books contained in this omnibus, from really wonderful to a bit rocky to painfully awful. (You'd think they would have found someone who could draw horses for an issue with horses in it.) I should have learned by now that a stunning cover (and this one is gorgeous) does not mean the interior art will be any good. I can't help it - I went to art school. I just want better than bad comic art.

I'm glad to have seen the books; I won't look for any more. I can't wait for the show to come back, though.

The usual disclaimer: I received this book via Netgalley for review. ( )